Advocacy for Inclusion have made a submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications Inquiry into the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024. This amendment seeks to limit access to young people to social media if they are under 16 years of age. In our submission we speak to the risks and consequences of social isolation for people with disabilities and some potential unintended consequences from a blanket ban. We point to the value of social media as an accessible and available tool for information sharing, connection and participation in education, youth development and creative activities. We point to risks presented by removing an accessible communication channel from people who have difficulty communication in other ways. We recommend the amendments do not proceed and we also point to the troubling timeframes to comment on the amendment with a one day timeframe provided to the inquiry. Our submission is endorsed by the Youth Coalition of the ACT.