Australia passes ban for people under 16 to have social media accounts

[Matty2]

If this was a law in a middle east country I might say okay but come on Australia

[badkitty]

When you elect a bunch of losers you get bad laws.

[razor]

Who in their right mind thinks teens can not get around this.

[NSWDave]

Remember these teens are going to reach voting age very soon......

[calista]

Australia really,I thought they were more open minded and forward thinking

The people are the politicians are more narrow minded.

[snapsuch]

Let the teens smarten up and vote these people out of office when they have the right to vote

[jlinkz]

Sucks to be a teen in Australia

[Emil]

Madness is spreading

[GlennfromLA]

3 letters the issue is solved

V P N

[Webby]

See my ;post on VPN usage surging in Florida when age verification became law on January 1 2025 viewtopic.php?f=74&t=9780&start=15#p164900. I see VPN usage surging in Australia as well.

[saucyadele]

Has this affected incoming traffic to your sites. I get so little Aussie hits that it is hard to tell.

[Russ]

Australia passes ban for people under 16 to have social media accounts,wow this sucks.



https://globalnews.ca/news/10892575/aus ... lds-first/



"A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Senate Thursday and will soon become a world-first law.

The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars (C$45.5 million) for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts.

The Senate passed the bill 34 votes to 19. The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the legislation by 102 votes to 13.

The House has yet to endorse opposition amendments made in the Senate. But that is a formality since the government has already agreed they will pass.

The platforms will have one year to work out how they could implement the ban before penalties are enforced."

Is Australia run by liberals?

[Big MOE]

It kicked in today


https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/australi ... y-intl-hnk

[Sebs]

It kicked in today


https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/australi ... y-intl-hnk

Censorship and control nothing else about it

[GlennfromLA]

16 year old is non-voting age here I assume it is over in Australia so law makers do not care.