(UPDATE) SYDNEY, Australia — Australia's government will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, its prime minister said on Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and "onto the footy fields."

Federal legislation to keep children off social media will be introduced this year, premier Anthony Albanese said, describing the impact of the sites on young people as a "scourge."

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