Australia's communications minister announced plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit children under the age of 16 from accessing social media platforms such as X, TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram. The proposed bill aims to hold these tech companies accountable for excluding underage users from their platforms.
Once the legislation is enacted, the platforms will have a one-year grace period to develop mechanisms to enforce the ban on younger children. Failure to comply could result in fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars for systemic breaches.
