Epoch Times: New Digital Safety Commission Will Have Extensive Powers to Censor Speech on Social Media
Lawmakers are weighing A$99 million fines and broader subpoena powers as platforms dispute evidence that 80% of minors remain on social media.
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John Carpay: New Digital Safety Commission Will Have Extensive Powers to Censor Speech on Social Media
Commentary Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, is being sold as a way to protect children from online harms. Everyone agrees with this goal. However, Bill C-34 would impact all Canadians of all ages: everyone would be subjected to identity screening in order to access social media. The bill would create the Digital Safety Commission, a new, powerful federal regulator with largely undefined authority to censor speech on social media. Further, B…
Epoch Times: New digital safety commission will have extensive powers to censor speech on social media
Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, is being sold as a way to protect children from online harms. Everyone agrees with this goal. However, Bill C-34 would impact all Canadians of all ages: everyone would be subjected to identity screening in order to access social media. The bill would create the Digital Safety Commission, […]
Australia was the first country in the world to adopt such far-reaching restrictions. From December 10, 2025, major social media platforms must take "reasonable steps" to prevent Australians under 16 from creating or maintaining accounts on them. This obligation applies to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Reddit, and X, among others. WhatsApp, Messenger, Discord, and Roblox are exempt from the restrictions. The law does not impose…
Meta removes 756,000 teen accounts in Australia as ban enforcement looms
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent The parent company of Facebook and Instagram Meta has removed approximately 756,000 accounts belonging to users under the age of 16 in Australia. This enforcement action follows the implementation of a national social media prohibition that took effect on December 10. Meta disabled more than 462,000 Instagram profiles and roughly 294,000 Facebook profiles between December and June. These figu…
Major social media platforms have urged the Australian Government not to give too much weight to the early data indicating that most minors continue to use their products despite the historic ban on children under the age of 16.
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