Australia Latest Country to Impose Ban on Social Media for Children

Published on September 10, 2024

The Australian government has promised to bring in new laws this year to ban social media for children as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called it a “scourge.” Albanese said Australia would trial age verification technology with a view to banning children from opening social media accounts. He said the minimum age would be somewhere between 14 and 16, although this has not been confirmed yet. Several countries and U.S. states are planning to legislate against children using social media platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X, and Facebook, amid global concerns about bullying and viewing of inappropriate material. Albanese, who became prime minister in 2022, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that harmful social media “is a scourge.”...

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