Australia Passes Landmark Order Banning Social Media For Under-16s

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-28 16:49:33 | Updated at 2024-11-28 18:45:11 2 hours ago

Australia Passes Landmark Order Banning Social Media For Under-16s
Agence France-Presse via NDTV ^ | 11 28 2024 | Staff

Posted on 11/28/2024 8:40:24 AM PST by yesthatjallen

Australian lawmakers passed landmark rules to ban under 16s from social media on Thursday, approving one of the world's toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X.

The bill has now passed both parliamentary chambers with bipartisan support, and social media firms will soon be expected to take "reasonable steps" to prevent young teens from having accounts.

The firms -- who face fines of up to Aus$50 million (US$32.5 million) for failing to comply -- have described the laws as "vague", "problematic" and "rushed".

The legislation passed parliament's lower chamber on Wednesday and passed the Senate late on Thursday evening. It is now all but certain to become law.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; socialmedia

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To: yesthatjallen

If you want to know where this goes, it will be like cigarettes.

2 posted on 11/28/2024 8:41:44 AM PST by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )

To: yesthatjallen

Good luck enforcing that.

In fact, that law will probably cause under 16 usage of social media to soar.

3 posted on 11/28/2024 8:42:05 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Republicans are the party that says ‘Government doesn’t work.’ Then they get elected and prove it.)

To: yesthatjallen

Australia is the ultimate nanny state. Founded and run by inmates.

4 posted on 11/28/2024 8:42:52 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)

To: yesthatjallen

“social media firms will soon be expected to take “reasonable steps” to prevent young teens from having accounts.”

Click the “Yes” button when asked “Are you 16 or older?” That’ll really work.

5 posted on 11/28/2024 8:43:16 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Republicans are the party that says ‘Government doesn’t work.’ Then they get elected and prove it.)

To: yesthatjallen

What could possibly go wrong?

6 posted on 11/28/2024 8:45:29 AM PST by jimfree (My 21 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)

To: ProtectOurFreedom

Young people will learn a hard lesson from this:

“Never trust anyone over thirty.”

7 posted on 11/28/2024 8:45:31 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)

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