Children under 16 years of age will not be able to use social media in Australia

Children under 16 years of age will not be able to use social media in Australia, it became the first country to ban it

Australia ban Social Media for Kids under 16 The decision to ban social media for children under 16 years of age in Australia has been approved, after which Australia has become the first country where such a ban has been imposed. Companies that do not comply will be fined up to $ 32 million (Rs 2703238400).

Reuters, Sydney: Australia on Thursday approved a ban on internet media for children under the age of 16, becoming the first country in the world to take such a step.

It forces tech giants to block minors from logging onto the platforms. The House has not yet supported the opposition amendments made in the Senate, but that is a mere formality.

one year time will be given

X, TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram etc. will be given one year to implement this ban. Testing of implementation methods will begin in January. Companies that do not comply will be fined up to $32 million (Rs 2,70,32,38,400).According to Reuters, many other countries have talked about preventing the use of social media by children through law, but Australia's policy in this matter is the strictest. Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has said in this matter that the owner of Facebook respects Australian law.

Meta said- we respect the law

A Meta spokesperson said, 'Naturally, we respect the laws set by the Australian Parliament. However, we are concerned about the process that hastily passed the law without proper consideration of the evidence.At the same time, Sunita Bose, managing director of DIGI, an Australian digital industry group, said, "We have the bill, but we do not have guidance from the Australian government on what are the correct procedures to be adopted for the services that fall under this law." This ban can strain Australia's relations with key ally America, where X's owner Elon Musk holds a very important role in the Trump administration.

Musk protested

He said in a post this month that this seems like a backdoor way to control all Australians' access to the Internet. Most of the tech giants that are going to be affected are from the US. Australia is the first country to force internet media platforms to pay royalties to media outlets for sharing content.