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Bunge limeidhinisha zuio la Watoto wenye chini ya miaka 16 kutumia Mitandao ya Kijamii kwa Kura 103 dhidi ya 13, ikiwa ni uamuzi unaotajwa kuwa mgumu zaidi na ulioungwa mkono na Wananchi waliodai Mitandao imekuwa ikiathiri Afya za Kimwili na Akili kwa Watoto.
Uamuzi wa Serikali umeitaka Mitandao ya Kijamii ya Facebook, X, Instagram, Tiktok, Snapchat na Reddit kuhakikisha inatafuta kila namna ya kutekeleza zuio hilo kwa Watoto na kufungia akaunti za wenye umri huo, vinginevyo itakumbana na faini ya Tsh. Bilioni 87.08.
Australia passes landmark social media ban for children under 16
The ban, among the toughest in the world, has broad public support but has been criticized by experts who say it could have unintended negative consequences.
Supporters of the ban have cited the impact of excessive social media use on children’s physical and mental health.
Australian lawmakers on Thursday approved a landmark ban on social media for children under 16, in some of the world’s toughest such controls.
The ban, which aims to address the impact of excessive social media use on children’s physical and mental health, affects social media platforms including X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Reddit, but not YouTube.
The platforms, which bear sole responsibility for enforcement, have one year to figure out how to implement the age limit, which is the highest set by any country. If there are systemic failures to keep children from having accounts, the platforms are liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million).
Senators debated the legislation late into the night on the last day of their parliamentary session, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s center-left Labor government had targeted as the deadline for it to pass. The bill, which is also largely supported by the opposition Liberal party, passed the Australian House of Representatives on Wednesday by a vote of 102 to 13.
Supporters of the ban have cited the effect of harmful depictions of body image on girls and the effect of misogynistic content on boys. Its passage comes after a series of Australian teenagers died by suicide over what their families said was online bullying.
“The basis for this is that there is a feeling amongst the majority of Australians that social media does more harm than good,” said Rob Nicholls, a senior research associate in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Sydney.
A YouGov poll released Tuesday found that 77% of Australians support the ban, up from 61% in August.
Other countries have tried to impose limits on social media for children, including the United States, which requires technology companies to obtain parental consent to collect data from children under 13. But the Australian proposal goes further, with no exemptions for parental consent or pre-existing accounts.
Opponents have criticized the Australian ban as too blunt an instrument and said its passage was too rushed.
CNBC
Uamuzi wa Serikali umeitaka Mitandao ya Kijamii ya Facebook, X, Instagram, Tiktok, Snapchat na Reddit kuhakikisha inatafuta kila namna ya kutekeleza zuio hilo kwa Watoto na kufungia akaunti za wenye umri huo, vinginevyo itakumbana na faini ya Tsh. Bilioni 87.08.
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Australia passes landmark social media ban for children under 16
The ban, among the toughest in the world, has broad public support but has been criticized by experts who say it could have unintended negative consequences.
Supporters of the ban have cited the impact of excessive social media use on children’s physical and mental health.
Australian lawmakers on Thursday approved a landmark ban on social media for children under 16, in some of the world’s toughest such controls.
The ban, which aims to address the impact of excessive social media use on children’s physical and mental health, affects social media platforms including X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Reddit, but not YouTube.
The platforms, which bear sole responsibility for enforcement, have one year to figure out how to implement the age limit, which is the highest set by any country. If there are systemic failures to keep children from having accounts, the platforms are liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million).
Senators debated the legislation late into the night on the last day of their parliamentary session, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s center-left Labor government had targeted as the deadline for it to pass. The bill, which is also largely supported by the opposition Liberal party, passed the Australian House of Representatives on Wednesday by a vote of 102 to 13.
Supporters of the ban have cited the effect of harmful depictions of body image on girls and the effect of misogynistic content on boys. Its passage comes after a series of Australian teenagers died by suicide over what their families said was online bullying.
“The basis for this is that there is a feeling amongst the majority of Australians that social media does more harm than good,” said Rob Nicholls, a senior research associate in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Sydney.
A YouGov poll released Tuesday found that 77% of Australians support the ban, up from 61% in August.
Other countries have tried to impose limits on social media for children, including the United States, which requires technology companies to obtain parental consent to collect data from children under 13. But the Australian proposal goes further, with no exemptions for parental consent or pre-existing accounts.
Opponents have criticized the Australian ban as too blunt an instrument and said its passage was too rushed.
CNBC