Google, Meta want Australia to delay social media ban as LinkedIn complains teenagers don’t use it [Video]

Thousands of submissions were made to the one-day parliamentary inquiry into the proposed bill – including by tech behemoths Meta and Alphabet.

Social media giants are resisting the government’s proposed social media ban. (Getty)

Alphabet, which owns Google and YouTube, told the inquiry the government should delay the legislation until a trial of age-assurance technology is finished.

The company said the proposed bill shouldn’t be rushed through parliament without allowing platforms to develop workable solutions for imposing the ban.

“This includes the viability of age assurance technologies and an appropriate minimum age for access to social media services,” Google said in its submission.

“The trial is not due to finish its work until mid-2025.

“It is concerning that this bill is proceeding in advance of the trial’s conclusion.”

Google and YouTube said the government should also outline which media platforms it planned to include in the ban to “provide necessary …