Australia To Ban Social Media For Children Under 16

Australia volition determination to walk caller laws banning children nether 16 from societal media, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, vowing to ace down connected tech companies failing to support young users.

"This 1 is for the mums and dads. Social media is doing existent harm to kids and I'm calling clip connected it," helium told reporters.

Albanese archetypal mooted a societal media property bounds earlier this year, but it is the archetypal clip helium has enactment a steadfast fig connected it.

Tech giants and societal media platforms volition carnivore the work for ensuring users are aged enough, Albanese said, alternatively than parents who were "worried sick astir the information of their kids online".

"The onus volition not beryllium connected parents oregon young people. There volition beryllium nary penalties for users."

Earlier proposals to present a societal media property bounds person enjoyed wide bipartisan enactment successful Australia.

Albanese said the caller laws would beryllium presented to authorities and territory leaders this week, earlier being introduced to parliament successful precocious November.