What Happens If A Child Under 16 Accesses Social Media Under New Laws? [Video]

Late Thursday night, the world-first legislation passed to ban social media for children and teenagers under 16.

It’s a strong move from the Albanese Government, which passed the law on the final day of parliament for the year.

Although the bill was backed by 77 per cent of Australians, the Australian Human Rights Commission claimed that the government rushed the legislation through “without taking the time to get the details right. Or even knowing how the ban will work in practice”.

Regardless of the criticisms, the laws are officially in motion now that they’ve been passed 34 votes to 19 in the Senate. However, the legislation won’t take effect for at least 12 months.

This gives the government time to work out which platforms are included in the ban, and tech companies time to implement technologies that limit under 16-year-olds from accessing social media services.

Aside from ‘how on earth will this ban work?’, …