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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Technology
Josh Taylor

Albanese government forging ahead with social media age restrictions despite Meta’s new Instagram teen accounts

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The Albanese government says Instagram’s changes to teen accounts ‘does not negate’ its intention to legislate for a social media minimum age requirement. Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

The Albanese government is forging ahead with its plans for an age restriction on social media despite Meta announcing new restrictions for teens on Instagram, with the communications minister arguing children’s use of social media is unbalanced.

On Wednesday Instagram announced changes to teen accounts, including giving parents the ability to set daily time limits for using the app, block teens from using Instagram at certain times and to see accounts their child is exchanging messages with and the content categories they are viewing.

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