Australia to Ban Children Under 16 from Social Media

To safeguard the mental health of young people, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared that children under 16 will be prohibited from using social media. The corporations involved will be obligated to enforce the new regulations or risk incurring penalties.

On Thursday, Albanese told reporters in Canberra, “Social media is causing harm to our children, and I am putting an end to it.” Later this month, she plans to introduce legislation.

“It will be the responsibility of social media platforms to demonstrate that they are taking reasonable measures to prevent access.” Parents and adolescents will not be accountable. Users will not be subject to any penalties.

Albanese’s center-left Labor government has implemented a series of measures to address the issue of technology titans, which the prime minister attributes to a rise in mental health issues and misinformation. One of these measures is the long-awaited age limit.

Australia has a history of challenging large technology companies that operate social media platforms, such as a 2021 initiative to compel Facebook and Google to pay for news content.

X, which billionaire Elon Musk owns, was recently taken to court by the government for failing to remove a recording of a terrorist attack in Sydney. It has also imposed a fine on the company for neglecting to remove content that depicts child sexual abuse.

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