Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese both want to pass a law banning children under 16 from social media, so they’re likely to sign off on privacy protections to get it done.
Stronger privacy protections will be put in place to safeguard the identities of Australians online when a world-first teen social media plan is legislated, as the Coalition works to soothe backbench worries about over-regulation of the internet.
In parliament on Monday, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said she welcomed opposition MPs’ assessment of the bill. Labor sources said they were open to good-faith amendments from Coalition communications spokesman David Coleman, who first floated the ban in an interview with this masthead in April and who has been working closely with Labor in recent weeks.
Several Coalition MPs in the Canberra party room meeting, speaking anonymously to disclose confidential discussions, confirmed the Coalition had been working on stronger privacy protections with Labor. MPs were given only three hours to scrutinise the bill in a condensed inquiry on Monday. Experts who appeared at the inquiry were mixed in their views on the extent of social disharmony and mental ill health caused by teens’ use of social media.Leaders of mental health group Headspace said being online affected how teens felt about themselves but the communities they found on digital platforms were also invaluable.
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