Kijakazi Chizi
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Taifa la Australia linaanza leo kutekeleza sheria ya Bunge inayopiga marufuku watoto chini ya miaka 16 kutumia au kuwa na akaunti ya mtandao wa kijamii hivyo kuzuia upatikanaji wa majukwaa kama YouTube, TikTok, Instagram na Facebook.
Kwa mujibu wa sheria hiyo kampuni zitakazokiuka masharti ya sheria hiyo zinawezwa kutozwa faini ya hadi Sh bilioni 81 (dola milioni 33).
“Kuanzia Desemba 10, 2025, majukwaa ya mitandao ya kijamii yenye vizuizi vya umri yatatakiwa kuchukua hatua zinazofaa kuzuia raia wa Australia walio chini ya miaka 16 kuunda au kuendelea kuwa na akaunti,” serikali ilisema, ikitaja hatua hiyo kama njia ya kuwalinda watoto “katika hatua muhimu ya maendeleo yao.”
Majukwaa hayo yatatakiwa kutumia mchanganyiko wa viashiria ikiwamo mienendo ya matumizi, tabia za kutazama maudhui na picha za watumiaji kutambua akaunti za walio chini ya umri. Pia yatalazimika kuzuia watoto kukwepa vizuizi hivyo kwa kutumia vitambulisho bandia, picha zilizotengenezwa na AI, deepfakes au VPN.
Makampuni ya teknolojia yameikosoa marufuku hiyo, yakiitaja kuwa “tata,” “tatizo,” na “iliyopitwa na wakati.” TikTok na Meta zilisema utekelezaji wake utakuwa mgumu lakini zitaifuata sheria.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the implementation would be difficult.
Parents reported distraught children discovering they’d been shut out of platforms as the landmark law took effect. Some young children reported fooling the platforms’ age estimation technology by drawing on facial hair. Parents and older siblings are also expected to help some children circumvent the restrictions.
“This is the day when Australian families are taking back power from these big tech companies and they’re asserting the right of kids to be kids and for parents to have greater peace of mind,” Albanese told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
“This reform will change lives. For Australian kids ... allowing them to just have their childhood. For Australian parents, enabling them to have greater peace of mind. But also for the global community, who are looking at Australia and saying: well, if Australia can do it, why can’t we?” Albanese later told a Sydney gathering of reform supporters, including parents who blame social media for a child’s suicide.
Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube and Twitch face fines of up to 49.5 million Australian dollars ($32.9 million) from Wednesday if they fail to take reasonable steps to remove the accounts of Australian children younger than 16.
The ban will be enforced by Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant. She said the platforms already had the technology and personal data about their users to enforce the age restriction with precision.
She would send the 10 targeted platforms on Thursday notices demanding information on how the age restriction was being implemented and how many accounts had been closed.
“We will provide information to the public before Christmas on how these age restrictions are being implemented and whether preliminarily we see them working,” Inman Grant said.
“The responses to these notices will form the baseline against which we will measure compliance,” she added.
Communications Minister Anika Wells said the age-restricted platforms “may not agree with the law and that’s their right — we don’t expect 100% universal support,” but that all had undertaken to comply with the Australian law. She said more than 200,000 TikTok accounts in Australia had already been deactivated by Wednesday.
Source: AP NEWS. AL JAZEERA
Kwa mujibu wa sheria hiyo kampuni zitakazokiuka masharti ya sheria hiyo zinawezwa kutozwa faini ya hadi Sh bilioni 81 (dola milioni 33).
“Kuanzia Desemba 10, 2025, majukwaa ya mitandao ya kijamii yenye vizuizi vya umri yatatakiwa kuchukua hatua zinazofaa kuzuia raia wa Australia walio chini ya miaka 16 kuunda au kuendelea kuwa na akaunti,” serikali ilisema, ikitaja hatua hiyo kama njia ya kuwalinda watoto “katika hatua muhimu ya maendeleo yao.”
Majukwaa hayo yatatakiwa kutumia mchanganyiko wa viashiria ikiwamo mienendo ya matumizi, tabia za kutazama maudhui na picha za watumiaji kutambua akaunti za walio chini ya umri. Pia yatalazimika kuzuia watoto kukwepa vizuizi hivyo kwa kutumia vitambulisho bandia, picha zilizotengenezwa na AI, deepfakes au VPN.
Makampuni ya teknolojia yameikosoa marufuku hiyo, yakiitaja kuwa “tata,” “tatizo,” na “iliyopitwa na wakati.” TikTok na Meta zilisema utekelezaji wake utakuwa mgumu lakini zitaifuata sheria.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the implementation would be difficult.
Parents reported distraught children discovering they’d been shut out of platforms as the landmark law took effect. Some young children reported fooling the platforms’ age estimation technology by drawing on facial hair. Parents and older siblings are also expected to help some children circumvent the restrictions.
“This is the day when Australian families are taking back power from these big tech companies and they’re asserting the right of kids to be kids and for parents to have greater peace of mind,” Albanese told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
“This reform will change lives. For Australian kids ... allowing them to just have their childhood. For Australian parents, enabling them to have greater peace of mind. But also for the global community, who are looking at Australia and saying: well, if Australia can do it, why can’t we?” Albanese later told a Sydney gathering of reform supporters, including parents who blame social media for a child’s suicide.
Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube and Twitch face fines of up to 49.5 million Australian dollars ($32.9 million) from Wednesday if they fail to take reasonable steps to remove the accounts of Australian children younger than 16.
The ban will be enforced by Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant. She said the platforms already had the technology and personal data about their users to enforce the age restriction with precision.
She would send the 10 targeted platforms on Thursday notices demanding information on how the age restriction was being implemented and how many accounts had been closed.
“We will provide information to the public before Christmas on how these age restrictions are being implemented and whether preliminarily we see them working,” Inman Grant said.
“The responses to these notices will form the baseline against which we will measure compliance,” she added.
Communications Minister Anika Wells said the age-restricted platforms “may not agree with the law and that’s their right — we don’t expect 100% universal support,” but that all had undertaken to comply with the Australian law. She said more than 200,000 TikTok accounts in Australia had already been deactivated by Wednesday.
Source: AP NEWS. AL JAZEERA
