Obnews Digital Desk. The Australian government has taken a big decision, in which social media will be banned for children below 16 years of age in the coming days. Let us tell you that the Prime Minister said on Thursday that the government is preparing to make a law to ban social media for children below 16 years of age.
Along with this, let us tell you that the Australian Prime Minister said during the press conference that social media is harming our children and now the time has come to stop it. Also, the minister of his government told which platforms will be included in this law.
Let us tell you that this year an ordinance was introduced in the Parliament and its own law was also introduced. This age limit will be implemented 12 months after the law is passed, although no relaxation is being given to those providing parental control.
In this decision, the Australian Prime Minister said that after this law, the social media platform will have to take the responsibility that children below the age of 16 years do not use it and take all kinds of verifications.
Australian Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said that after the introduction of this law, Meta's Instagram and Facebook along with TikTok and Elon Musk's X platform have been included. Apart from this, he also told that YouTube will also probably be included in it, although till now no comment has come from the company on this.
Along with this, let us also tell you that in many countries of the world, laws and rules have been made to protect children from the negative effects of social media. But this decision of Australia seems much more difficult and different from all of them.
France last year banned children under 15 from the social media platform, but users could avoid the ban with their parents or with parental controls.
The US has also long made technology companies responsible for parental consent for access to apps by children under 13. Because of this, social media platforms have banned children of this age from accessing their services.
Social media is used all over the world and addiction to it is also common. Because of which negative aspects are also being seen. Because of this, there is often discussion all over the world about its closure, which has an impact on mental health, which can weaken the brain of children and create problems. Along with this, the threat of cyber bullying is also continuously increasing. Many children get trapped in this and take wrong steps due to being victims of bullying by others. Along with this, it is also seen that there is a very bad effect on fitness, in which children stay away from parks or physical activities and become victims of problems like obesity.
