Ban on Social Media: A new and strict law is coming for using Facebook, Instagram, X. Children under 16 years of age will not be able to use social media. The Australian government is serious about this and has set a new example for the whole world. This decision has been taken in view of the addiction of social media in children and its serious consequences.
example for the world
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the government will bring in a law to ban social media for children under 16 years of age. This decision will be world leading, that is, it will be an example for the whole world. According to Reuters report, the Australian PM said that social media is spoiling our children and it is time for me to take a decision.
This law banning social media will be presented in Parliament this year. It will take 12 months i.e. 1 year for the law to be implemented. This new law is going to be very strict, in which nothing like parental consent will be included. PM Anthony said that his government is taking an important step to stop access to social media. This rule is not going to affect parents and youth.
Complete ban on social media
Australia’s Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said this would include Meta’s platforms – Instagram and Facebook. Apart from this, TikTok and Not only this, a provision will also be made to include Alphabet’s Google and YouTube in it. At present, no social media platform has issued any statement on this decision of the Australian government.
Last year, France banned social media for children under 15 years of age. However, there is freedom to use social media platforms after parental consent. Apart from this, social media has been banned for a long time in America for children below 13 years of age. Most of the platforms including Meta have kept the age limit for using social media at 13 years only.
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