00:00Well, Australians' social media ban, it's going to be the first,
00:06a world-first move by this government.
00:09It will essentially see Australians under the age of 16 years old
00:12banned from using popular platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram.
00:19Now, we have seen more details about it today.
00:22It will come into effect on December 10,
00:25but we're not going to see these social media giants
00:28having to essentially age test every single user
00:33or prove exactly how many teenagers they've kicked off their platforms.
00:38Instead, the onus is going to be on the social media giants
00:42to figure out exactly how to do that.
00:44So they might use AI, for example,
00:48or even behavioural testing and that kind of thing.
00:52We did hear an interesting tidbit from the eSafety Commissioner,
00:55Julie Inman-Grant, a little earlier this morning
00:58at her press conference where she says that TikTok, for example,
01:01actually has the ability to determine the age of a user within three seconds.
01:07There still will be enormous fines for social media platforms
01:11that have failed to keep those under-16-year-olds,
01:15the teenagers, off their platforms,
01:18and they could be up to $50 million.
01:21We did hear from the Communications Minister, Annika Wells,
01:24and she's explained why the government has taken this particular approach.
01:28We want these rules and the delivery of these laws
01:32to be as data-minimising as possible
01:34to make sure that people's data is as private as possible.
01:39And I would say that the reason we're not asking everybody
01:41to verify their age is because these social media platforms
01:44know an awful lot about us of our own volition.
01:47And if you have been on, for example, Facebook since 2009,
01:52then they know that you're over 16.
01:54There's no need to verify.
01:55These bans, as I say, are a world first,
01:57and it is something the government is particularly proud of.
02:00Both Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister,
02:02and Communications Minister, Annika Wells,
02:05will be heading to New York next week.
02:07It is for a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.
02:11That's the primary focus.
02:12However, they'll be using this trip as an opportunity
02:16to spruik this social media ban.
02:19It's something that's being watched pretty closely,
02:21especially by members of the European Union.
02:26At the same time, Julie Inman-Grant,
02:28the eSafety Commissioner,
02:29will be heading to the west coast of the United States.
02:33She'll be going to Silicon Valley
02:34to essentially consult with the social media giants
02:37about how exactly this ban will be rolled out
02:40and what it will look like in practice.
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