Australia is going to ban social media for children under 16 years of age
The Australian government has announced plans to introduce a law banning children under the age of 16 from using social media. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that his government would introduce a law this month banning social media for children under the age of 16.
Children are being harmed a lot by social media
The Australian PM said in a press conference that our children are being harmed a lot by social media. Now the time has come to stop it. Along with this, the minister of his government also told which platforms will be banned.
These platforms are also included
Australia’s Communications Minister has explained this subject in detail. He said that after the introduction of this law, the name of Meta’s Instagram and Facebook along with ByteDance’s TikTok and social media platform X are also included. Apart from this, the name of YouTube can also be included. However, no official statement has been issued by these social media companies yet.
