Australia moves to ban children under 16 from social media

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Australia's prime minister vows to ban children under 16 from social media, saying the pervasive influence of platforms like Facebook and TikTok was "doing real harm to our kids". The new laws are expected to be introduced to parliament in late November.  Platforms such as Facebook, TikTok and Instagram would be held responsible for enforcing the age ban and face potentially hefty fines for failing to do so. "Social media is doing real harm to kids and I'm calling time on it," Albanese says.

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00:00Social media is doing harm to our kids and I'm calling time on it.

00:06I've spoken to thousands of parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles.

00:10They, like me, are worried sick about the safety of our kids online.

00:14And I want Australian parents and families to know that the Government has your back.

00:20I want parents to be able to say,

00:22sorry mate, it's against the law for me to get you to do this.

00:28We don't argue that the changes that we will be legislating will fix everything immediately.

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