Tech giants face $50m fines as social media ban introduced
Social media giants will be slapped with fines of up to $50 million if they don’t block Australians under 16 from their platforms, as the world-first legislation is introduced on Thursday.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland will introduce the Online Safety Act on Thursday morning, which will set minimum age limits on a number of social media platforms – although how proof-of-age is determined, and which platforms will be covered by the laws is yet to be defined.
“The Albanese Government is introducing world leading legislation to establish 16 as the minimum age for access to social media,” Rowland told news.com.au.
So you can be jailed as a child at 10yrs old in some States in Australia, 12 in others, and the goal is to raise that age to 14.
However you need to be 16 to go on Instagram or TikTok.
Laughable, and obviously unenforceable legislation.