Meta and Google are asking the government to postpone the new law
Google and Meta have appealed to the Australian government to refrain from introducing a law that would block children under 16 from accessing social media.
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Such a bill is being processed at lightning speed by the Australian government, with the support of the opposition. If signed, the law could come into force later this year. According to the law, children under 16 years of age are to be completely banned from using social media platforms, and the obligation to block access to these websites is to rest with their owners. In case of failure to comply with the new regulations, the owners of these websites will face multi-million fines.
It looks like both Google, Facebook, Instagram and even Bytedance-owned TikTok speak with one voice on this matter. No wonder, they can lose the most active users of their websites in an instant and be forced to introduce a block, which they are not quite ready for in such a short time.
In its current form, no one fully understands its scale or the impact it will have on Australians. These regulations are incomplete and will not be effective.
– we read in Meta’s statement.
He also spoke on the bill Elon Musk. The owner of the X website called the law an attack on free speech and civil liberties. He stated that introducing the regulations is the Australian government’s way of controlling access to the Internet.
See: Social media ban for children under 16
See: Another country is considering this type of ban. Has an avalanche started?
