{"id":130621,"date":"2024-11-27T10:33:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T03:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130621"},"modified":"2024-11-27T10:33:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T03:33:06","slug":"australias-house-of-representatives-passes-bill-that-would-ban-children-from-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130621","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s House of Representatives passes bill that would ban children from social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) \u2014 Australia\u2019s House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/australia-social-media-children-ban-e02305486cb44aa07dcaf2964bec4e3d\">ban children younger than 16 years old from social media<\/a><\/span>, leaving it to the Senate to finalize the world-first law.<\/p>\n<p>The major parties backed the bill that would make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for systemic failures to prevent young children from holding accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation passed 102 to 13. If the bill becomes law this week, the platforms would have one year to work out how to implement <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/australia-social-media-ban-children-1abadf5445418c8c14f5f68cf76b38d0\">the age restrictions<\/a><\/span> before the penalties are enforced.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition lawmaker Dan Tehan told Parliament the government had agreed to accept amendments in the Senate that would bolster privacy protections. Platforms would not be allowed to compel users to provide government-issued identity documents including passports or driver\u2019s licenses. The platforms also could not demand digital identification through a government system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill it be perfect? No. But is any law perfect? No, it\u2019s not. But if it helps, even if it helps in just the smallest of ways, it will make a huge difference to people\u2019s lives,\u201d Tehan told Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said the Senate would debate the bill later Wednesday. The major parties\u2019 support all but guarantees the legislation will pass in the Senate, where no party holds a majority of seats.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers who were not aligned with either the government or the opposition were most critical of the legislation during debate on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Criticisms include that the legislation had been rushed through Parliament without adequate scrutiny, would not work, would create privacy risks for users of all ages and would take away parents\u2019 authority to decide what\u2019s best for their children.<\/p>\n<p>Critics also argue the ban would isolate children, deprive them of positive aspects of social media, drive children to the dark web, make children too young for social media reluctant to report harms they encountered and take away incentives for platforms to make online spaces safer.<\/p>\n<p>Independent lawmaker Zoe Daniel said the legislation would \u201cmake zero difference to the harms that are inherent to social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe true object of this legislation is not to make social media safe by design, but to make parents and voters feel like the government is doing something about it,\u201d Daniel told Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a reason why the government parades this legislation as world-leading, that\u2019s because no other country wants to do it,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>T <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/australia-social-media-ban-children-6f26c3177772270307c0c26a5221e64f\">he platforms<\/a><\/span> had asked for the vote on legislation to be delayed until at least June next year when a government-commissioned <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.infrastructure.gov.au\/department\/media\/publications\/tender-awarded-age-assurance-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evaluation<\/a><\/span> of age assurance technologies made its report on how the ban could been enforced. <\/p>\n<p>Melbourne resident Wayne Holdsworth, whose 17-year-old son Mac took his own life last year after falling victim to an online sextortion scam, described the bill as \u201cabsolutely essential for the safety of our children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not the only thing that we need to do to protect them because education is the key, but to provide some immediate support for our children and parents to be able to manage this, it\u2019s a great step,\u201d the 65-year-old online safety campaigner told The Associated Press on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in my opinion, it\u2019s the greatest time in our country\u2019s history,\u201d he added, referring to the pending legal reform.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); 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