Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s
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On Wednesday, the lower house of the Australian parliament voted to pass legislation to ban social media for children under 16 years, and the Senate passed the bill on Friday.

Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    12 hours ago

    If only this applied to the parents as well… No more using your children online to make a buck as an influencer.

    • Obi@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      11 hours ago

      I assume that was already the case before, as far as I know that’s also not allowed here in my EU country (but I’m just making assumptions).

        • Obi@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          3·
          5 hours ago

          Yeah looking into it this morning I see that it’s only that some parents have forbidden their divorced spouses from posting pics of the kids online, basically you need to have parental approval (I know because the daycare asked us if we’d allow them, we don’t). So yeah I guess as long as the parents are doing it, it’s legal. Feels so wrong.