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The Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 (Cth) is an Australian act of parliament that aims to restrict the use of social media by minors under the age of 16. It is an amendment of the Online Safety Act 2021 , and was passed by the Australian Parliament on 29 November 2024.
Australia's full legislature has now passed a bill that will soon ban children under the age of 16 from using most social media platforms. Australian parliament approves law to ban under-16s from ...
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan has announced major changes to the Online Safety Bill ahead of its return to Parliament. Much delayed and controversial in its approach, the aim of the Bill is ...
The Online Safety Bill is currently making its way through Parliament and the Government has published a range of initial proposed amendments to the Bill, including cracking down further on ...
‘Legal but harmful’ duties are being dropped as the Culture Secretary said they would have ‘stifled’ free speech.
In April 2019, the Senate passed this bill in response to the Christchurch mosque shooting, which was live-streamed and circulated online.It requires websites that provide a hosting service to "ensure the expeditious removal" of audio or visual material documenting "abhorrent violent conduct" (including terrorist acts, murder, attempted murder, torture, rape or kidnapping), produced by a ...
In January 2017, Grant was appointed by the Australian government as the national eSafety Commissioner, [8] a position established in July 2015 by the government of former Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott, under the Enhancing Online Safety for Children Act 2015.
Google and Facebook-owner Meta Platforms urged the Australian government on Tuesday to delay a bill that will ban most forms of social media for children under 16, saying more time was needed to ...