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Based on the comments of this post, I can easily tell which users read the article and who didn't. Commenting on a post without actually reading the article says a lot about a person's behavior.
Reddit and its lawsuit never uses the phrase 'free speech'. The phrase 'free speech' was used by the Reuters article. Reuters is based in the UK and the two people who wrote the article are from Australia. In hindsight, I'm not sure why they used that phrase. If knew that users would get hung up on it, I would probably have changed the title.
If you commented on the phrase 'free speech', then you did not read or understand the article because the lawsuit is not actually related to the US concept of 'free speech'.
The actual lawsuit cities an Australian law called 'Freedom of political communication'. The reuters article says this in the first sentence.
Here's a screenshot from the lawsuit paperwork.
https://redditinc.com/hubfs/Reddit%20Inc/Content/2025.12.12%20-%20Reddit%20-%20Application.pdf
Reddit is suing Australia because it says that Australia is repressing the right for young people to get involved in politics. Does Reddit have the correct motives here? Probably not. They probably just want to sell more ads.
Is it correct that Australia is using the under-16 social media ban to prevent young people from learning about politics? Probably yes. The social media ban prevents young people from learning about things like Palestine and LGBT.