AUSTRALIA TO IMPLEMENT SOCIAL MEDIA BAN, TRIGGERING INTERNATIONAL CRACKDOWN. (PHOTO).
Australia to implement social media ban, triggering international crackdown Australia is set to become the first country to enforce a minimum age for social media use starting Wednesday, requiring platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube to block more than a million accounts. The move is seen as the start of a potential global trend in social media regulation. From midnight local time, 10 major platforms must prevent users under 16 from accessing their services or face fines of up to A$49.5 million ($33 million). While parents and child advocacy groups have welcomed the law, tech companies and free speech advocates have criticized it as overly restrictive. The rollout concludes a year of debate over whether governments can intervene in the use of technology by children, and will serve as a global case study for lawmakers frustrated by what they see as insufficient voluntary safety measures by the tech industry. Countries including Denmark and Malaysia, along with some U.S....
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