The government says it wants to mitigate the "harm" social media is inflicting on children.

There will be no exemptions on the age limit for children who have consent from their parents. The government says that the onus will be on social media platforms to show they are taking reasonable steps to prevent access.

Albanese said there would be no penalties for users, and that it would be up to Australia’s online regulator - the eSafety Commissioner - to enforce the laws.

  • boreengreen@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    And they will have a machanism in place to deanonymize you, to check your age. That will be abused.