MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia's states and territories on Friday unanimously backed a national plan to require most forms of social media to bar children younger than 16.
Associated PressMELBOURNE, Australia — Australia's states and territories on Friday unanimously backed a national plan to require most forms of social media to bar children younger than 16.
The government leaders had been discussing for months setting a limit, considering options from 14 to 16 years of age. More than 140 academics with expertise in fields related to technology and child welfare signed an open letter to Albanese last month opposing a social media age limit as"too blunt an instrument to address risks effectively."
"Many of our social networks are actually about the provision of extremely critical information to kids," Given told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
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