Social media platforms will bear the onus of enforcing the federal government's age limit, not parents, the communications minister has confirmed.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has said the government's social media age limit will impose expectations on platforms, with no penalties for parents or children.
Anthony Albanese vows to introduce legislation to ban children from accessing social media by the end of this year — but the age cut-off is yet to be determined."The ultimate issue here is about incentivising the platforms to do better." The shape of that bill is not yet clear, but is likely to augment the requirements already imposed on platforms by the Online Safety Act and accompanying regulations.
The federal government is seeking public feedback on whether the eSafety commissioner's online enforcement powers should extend to cover hate speech, 'pile-ons' and deepfakes. The approach of leaning on platforms to enforce age limits would allow the government to be "agnostic" about the appropriate technologies to do the job, providing the trial can affirm the belief that effective technology does exist.
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