Social Media Ban for Under 16 Years: The Australian government has taken a big decision regarding the use of social media by underage children. Social media has now been banned in Australia for children under 16 years of age. Australia has become the first country in the world to take this historic decision. A law related to this has been passed in the Australian Parliament. The Australian government has taken this decision in view of the adverse effects on the mental health of the youth due to excessive use of social media.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that this law will help those families who are very serious about the problems their children are facing due to online platforms. Such platforms now have a social responsibility to give priority to the safety of our children.
If the law is broken, there will be a heavy fine
According to the new law made in Australia regarding social media, now it will be the responsibility of social media to stop underage children from using their platform. There is also a provision in Australian law that heavy fines will be imposed on companies that fail to check the age limit of users. This fine could be 50 million Australian dollars.
There will be no ban on these
However, this restriction has not been imposed on messaging apps, online gaming platforms and platforms related to educational services. However, no penalty will be imposed if the youth or family members break the rules. Apart from this, social media companies cannot force users to provide any government identity card.
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