JAKARTA – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is promoting the government’s policy of becoming the first in the world to ban the use of social media for children in a series of events of the United Nations General Assembly (UN) in New York, USA.
Albanese warned that the challenges posed by social media media for children “continued to develop”.
“It’s not completely safe, but it’s a crucial move in the right direction,” Albanese said at the ‘Protecting Children in the Digital Age’ on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Wednesday local time.
The countries and technology companies attending the event watched Australia’s efforts to become the first country to block the use of social media for children under the age of 16.
Australia wants social media companies to use artificial intelligence and behavioral data to estimate user age, and not to carry out overall age verification.
Still at the event at the United Nations, EU President Ursula von der Leyen, said she was “inspiring” with Australia regarding the ban imposed in December 2024.
“We in Europe are observing and will learn from you… it’s up to us to move forward for future generations,” he said.
The ban on the use of social media for children under 16 in Australia was passed into law in November 2024. This policy aims to delay the ability of teenagers to create social media accounts from the age of 13 to the age of 16.
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