Australia Toughens Kids’ Social Media Ban, Doubles Maximum Penalty | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The government will raise maximum penalties to about $70 million and give regulators more power after finding many teens still use the platforms.
- On Saturday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Australia will double the maximum penalty for social media platforms failing to uphold the ban on users under 16, raising the fine to $99 million.
- A study published in the British Medical Journal on Wednesday found 85 percent of Australians aged 12 to 15 were still using social media three months after the ban took effect.
- Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is investigating five platforms—Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube—for noncompliance, after previously describing "gaps" in systems meant to keep children off these services.
- Reddit challenges the ban in court on free speech grounds, while citizen Zara Keats told Reuters platforms "haven't really done as much as they said they were going to" in upholding restrictions.
- Australia will strengthen its regulator's legal authority to compel information from companies, a move watched by nations including Britain, Canada, Indonesia, and Brazil seeking to emulate the youth protection policy.
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Australia to strengthen enforcement of under-16 social media ban
Australia will grant its online safety watchdog more powers and increase the maximum penalty for breaches of its world-first social media ban, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying Big Tech companies are not doing enough to comply.
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Australia to double potential fines for Facebook and Instagram over child social media accounts
Australia plans to double potential fines for social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, who fail to prevent Australian children from holding accounts.
Australia toughens kids’ social media ban, doubles maximum penalty | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
SYDNEY, Australia >> Australia said on Saturday it would double the maximum penalty it can impose on tech firms that fail to uphold a ground-breaking social media ban for children, as evidence mounts that the ban has had little effect on teen use.
For six months now, a social media ban has been in place in Australia for under-16s – but this has little effect. Therefore, the ... The post-Australian social media ban for young people flops – Labour government threatens to impose higher penalties on corporations appeared first on Apollo News.
Australia says it will toughen its social media ban for children
SYDNEY — The Australian government said on Saturday that it would take steps to strengthen its law banning anyone under 16 from major social media platforms, in an acknowledgment of the limited efficacy of the world’s first attempt to prohibit children’s use of the services. The post Australia says it will toughen its social media ban for children appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
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