00:00Prime Minister Anthony Albanese essentially got what he wanted, which was an endorsement
00:06from state and territory leaders around the country to back in this proposal of having
00:11a minimum age of 16 for social media use.
00:15The Prime Minister did say though that the Tasmanian Premier did want that age to be
00:2014, but decided to go with the rest of the group so there could be a uniform position
00:25around the country.
00:27Now in terms of what happens next, this legislation will be introduced into Parliament here in
00:32Canberra a little later this year.
00:34It's expected to get the support from the opposition.
00:37They have been calling for a minimum age of 16 for some time now and then once it becomes
00:44law, 12 months later the minimum age will be enforced.
00:48So that gives social media companies, the government says, some time to be able to get
00:53their act together.
00:54This is the Prime Minister speaking earlier, talking about the positive benefits it could
00:59have for children.
01:00One of the discussions that we had with Premiers and Chief Ministers today was an analogy drawn
01:05between the banning of phones in classrooms and the feedback from that, controversial
01:14to some when it was introduced, is just overwhelmingly positive.
01:19Now some other details we do know about this proposal is that it will still include kids
01:24who might currently be on social media.
01:26So if you're 13 or 14 and using Instagram or TikTok, when this ban does come into effect
01:33in potentially 12 months' time, you'll still be included in this ban, even if your parents
01:38are okay with you using social media.
01:41Now we have heard from Meta, the parent company behind Facebook and Instagram, their concern
01:48is exactly how this is going to be monitored.
01:51They say it makes more sense to do it via an app store because they say when you set
01:56up a phone or device, it does already collect your age.
02:01When you get a new phone or a new device, you do spend a bit of time sitting down as
02:05a family setting it all up and age information is collected at that time.
02:10And so there is a really simple solution there that at that one point in time, then the verification
02:15can occur.
02:17Now there have been questions about privacy in all of this because some tech groups have
02:22said that for it to work, users would need to hand over identification like a driver's
02:27licence or have some sort of face check.
02:29In response to questions about privacy today, the Prime Minister says that is one of the
02:34reasons behind this 12-month implementation process to be able to iron out some of those
02:40concerns.
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