Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the enforcement of the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024, prohibiting children under 16 from accessing platforms like TikTok and Instagram starting December 10, 2025, with age verification required via biometrics or documents and fines up to A$49.5 million for non-compliant companies overseen by the eSafety Commissioner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The measure aims to protect youth from harmful content and mental health risks, amid praise from supporters and criticism over surveillance concerns, while similar policies advance in Denmark and New Zealand<\/a> and a High Court challenge is planned in Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Data indicates one in five Australian children encounters harmful online material weekly, driving the legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The measure aims to protect youth from harmful content and mental health risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":149522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,35,992],"tags":[9031,5982,959],"class_list":["post-314450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-breaking-news","category-social-media","tag-anthony-albanese","tag-canberra","tag-new-zealand"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t