Australia Passes Law Banning Social Media for Under 16s

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Australia Passes Law Banning Social Media for Under 16s
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Australia has legislated to ban social media for children under 16, setting a strict benchmark for jurisdictions worldwide. Tech giants, including Meta and TikTok, face hefty fines if they fail to enforce the ban, which takes effect in a year after a trial period.

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The Social Media Minimum Age bill sets Australia up as a test case for a growing number of governments which have legislated or said they plan to legislate an age restriction on social media amid concern about its mental health impact on young people. , said in a post this month it seemed a “backdoor way to control access to the Internet by all Australians.”

“It’s cart before horse,” said Sunita Bose, managing director of Digital Industry Group, which has most social media companies as members.

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