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Australia vows to ban social media for children under 16

EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY AUGUST 16 File photo dated 03/01/18 of the icons of social media apps, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp, are displayed on a mobile phone screen, in London. There is “nothing stopping” child sexual abuse imagery spreading on WhatsApp, a child safety organisation has said as it called on Meta to do more to protect children on its encrypted messaging platform. Issue date: Friday August 16, 2024.




Australia’s government has pledged to introduce what it described as « world-leading » legislation to ban children under the age of 16 from social media.



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Publish date : 2024-11-07 06:50:00

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