The government’s argument for the ban has been clear: Getting kids off of social media will make them healthier and happier. Explaining the law in a June speech, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant mentioned many of the things parents worry about their kids encountering online—grooming, cyberbullying, graphic violence, sexualized chatbots, deepfake revenge porn. She also spoke to a more general dread about what social media may be doing to young people. Parents, she said, have been rightly concerned about “algorithmic manipulation” and “predatory design features” that “encourage compulsive usage.”