Legislation to create a world-first law banning children under 16 from social media has been introduced in Australia's Parliament
Australia's Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland, introduces the Online Safety Amendment Bill in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. /AAP Image via AP)said TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram were among the platforms that would face fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars for systemic failures to prevent young children from holding accounts.
The bill has wide political support. After it becomes law, the platforms would have one year to work out how to implement the age restriction. Social media had a social responsibility and could do better in addressing harms on their platforms, she said. Rowland said there would not be age restrictions placed on messaging services, online games or platforms that substantially support the health and education of users.
Age Check Certification Scheme’s chief executive Tony Allen said Monday the technologies being considered included age estimation and age inference. Inference involves establishing a series of facts about individuals that point to them being at least a certain age.
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