( ) -v-33- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “std.” Legislation to create a world-first law banning children under 16 from social media has been introduced in Australia’s Parliament. Correspondent Jeremy House reports. [CutID: <Cuts> AUSTRALIA-SOCIAL-MEDIA-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 33s Title: AUSTRALIA-SOCIAL-MEDIA-house-q-THUam Out-cue: std] —————————— VERBATIM: Australia’s Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram […]
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Australia will protect social media users’ personal details when child ban takes effect
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Legislation to create a world-first law banning children under 16 from social media has been introduced in Australia’s Parliament. Correspondent Jeremy House reports.
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VERBATIM: Australia’s Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram are among the restricted platforms that could be fined up to $33 million for systemic failures to prevent young children from holding accounts. After the bill becomes law, the platforms would have one year to work out how to implement the age restriction. The ban has wide political support, but experts have raised concerns about the ban, including isolating young people who already have accounts…(JH reporting).