Australian kids will be blocked from social media until a certain age under a national plan to target growing concerns around its impacts on young minds.
Some have compared potential restrictions on the technology to cigarettes and alcohol as more evidence emerges about harm to children.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government was listening to parents' concerns and determined to take the right approach.
"Parents are worried sick about this. We know they're working without a map - no generation has faced this challenge before." Most big social media companies don't let children under 13 sign up but the restrictions are trivial to get around. "We are taking this action because enough is enough." "There's a lot we can do and the technology is trending in our favour to make sure we can deal with the scale of the problem."SA Premier Peter Malinauskas raised the issue at a national cabinet meeting last week "The evidence shows early access to addictive social media is causing our kids harm," he said.
Testing of the actual tech is due to begin this week after research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies and consultation with parents, young people, the platforms themselves and academics.
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