Noah is one of the plaintiffs in a case challenging the constitutionality of the social media ban.
Exclusive: Sydney high school student Noah Jones learned about the federal government's impending social media ban, ironically, on social media.
Now, the 15-year-old is fighting the legislation in the High Court.
"I find it hard to believe that the Australian government is keeping the children out of the platforms, but not trying to get rid of the predators that are actually doing the harm on these platforms," he said.
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Noah and fellow 15-year-old Macy Neyland are the two plaintiffs in a case challenging the constitutionality of the social media ban, which will kick children under 16 off Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X, YouTube, Threads, Reddit, Twitch and Kick on December 10.
He said his peers were preparing to bypass the age restrictions with fake profiles when the rules came into effect.
"The problem is with that, if they're being secretive about it, they can't report anyone or say something to parents or police because they weren't supposed to be on the platform in the first place, so they're at more risk," he said.
Macy agreed that the law was "bad safety policy".
"Bring us into safer spaces, with rules that work - age‑appropriate features, privacy‑first age assurance, and fast takedowns," she said.
Child protection is paramount to Noah's mum, and former primary school teacher turned lawyer, Renee Jones, who has raised her three children to be safe in the online world.
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But she said the government should work with social media platforms to crack down on predators and unsafe content online, rather than removing children from the digital world they have grown up in.
"His newborn photos were taken on an iPhone, and Noah's birth was announced on social media. He didn't live a life of newsprint, and Noah has never had an experience like other generations have had," she said.
"This is his space."
NSW Libertarian MP John Ruddick yesterday filed proceedings in the High Court via his organisation Digital Freedom Project, with Noah and Macy as the plaintiffs, against the ban.
When none of the big tech companies launched a legal challenge, Ruddick took it upon himself to oppose the law.
"The kids will still be accessing social media, so that creates an underground social media. It's a recipe for disaster," he said.
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The group will argue in court that the government's ban will rob 2.6 million young people of their constitutionally implied right to freedom of political communication in the years ahead of when they will take to the polls.
"They're going to be voting in a lot more federal and state elections than a 60-year-old is," Ruddick said.
Noah uses social media to engage in politics and is so passionate about the issue that he is writing to school captains across the country to ask them to chat and share their views with their local MP.
"It'll ban me from information on politics in Australia, and I'm coming up to the years where I'm going to vote, and I won't know much information," he said.
"It's not only about just 15-year-olds. It's about how we have rights as Australians, and we'll become invisible with this ban.
"You won't be able to hear any of our ideas or our banter on things."
Macy said children should not be silenced and compared the ban to George Orwell's famed dystopian novel 1984.
A court date will be set in the next few days ahead of the end-of-year holidays.
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The group hopes to win an injunction that would delay the law from coming into effect until the case is heard early next year.
"Social media is getting bigger and bigger every day, and whether we like it or not, it's a big part of life," Ruddick said.
They believe the court will rule the law unconstitutional and dismantle the government's world-leading legislation.
"Instead of making the social media platforms spend money and resources on avoiding fines, they should be spending money and resources on creating safer places on these platforms and taking action against these predators and inappropriate content," Noah said.
Federal Communications Minister Anika Wells said she would not be intimidated by the legal challenge.
"Despite the fact that we are receiving threats and legal challenges by people with ulterior motives, the Albanese government remains steadfastly on the side of parents and not of platforms," she said.
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