He added that ⁠one key focus would be making sure that the eSafety Commission, the country’s internet regulator, was sufficiently empowered to do the job.

Albanese did ‌not give further details about what steps the government would take and the regulator declined to comment.

Australia’s groundbreaking experiment is being closely watched with countries around the world seeking to emulate it amid concern about youth mental and physical health. Britain, for example, this month announced planned restrictions that go further as gaming and live-streaming platforms will also be affected.

The eSafety Commission and Communications Minister Anika Wells have said ⁠they are preparing legal ⁠action against multiple platforms, which face a maximum fine of A$49.5 million ($34 million) if they are found to have systemically failed ⁠to uphold the ban.

Reddit ‌has launched a High Court challenge of the ban, which is ​still in preliminary hearings. Reddit was not immediately available for ‌comment on Friday.

When Australia’s ban went live last December, there were early reports that it had shut down millions of accounts, but parents have said ‌and studies have ​shown that teen ​social media use ​is little changed.

A paper published in the British Medical Journal this week said 85% of Australians aged 12 to 15 were ​still using social media three months after the ban took ⁠effect, according to a study of 408 adolescents.

Two-thirds of underage users stayed online by self-declaring an age over 16 or posting a selfie that the platform accepted as over 16, ‌the paper ⁠said.

“Despite the intent of the (ban) to delay access to social media platforms and reduce the potential for online harms, little evidence was found ​of immediate substantive reductions in reported social media use by adolescents,” it said.