The government is rushing to get its laws banning children under 16 from social media through parliament before the end of the week, with a senate inquiry open for submissions for just one day.
The government wants to ban children under 16 years old from social media .A Senate inquiry into the government's proposed laws to ban children from social media has been inundated with about 15,000 submissions.
The huge response came after Elon Musk weighed into the debate, sending a social media post from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing the bill into the timelines of millions of X users. It will leave just over two days for the bill to pass parliament, which it is expected to do with Coalition support.Under Labor's plans, children younger than 16 will be barred from using social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and X.
But others say it may end up causing more harm than good, including some mental health advocacy organisations which have warned the inquiry that cutting kids off from their online networks may exacerbate isolation. "Seems like a backdoor way to control access to the internet by all Australians," he wrote in response to Mr Albanese's post announcing the introduction of the bill to parliament.
Senate inquiries more commonly receive tens or hundreds of submissions, but prominent and contentious bills have been known to attract thousands of pro forma responses.
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