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Social media platforms with ‘low risk of harm to children’ may escape Albanese authorities age ban

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Social media firms may escape the Albanese authorities’s proposed age ban if they’ll show a “low risk of harm to children”, the communications minister, Michelle Rowland, has mentioned.

Rowland will announce on Friday that the “likely” amendments to the On-line Security Act banning youngsters from social media will “place the onus on platforms, not parents or young people” to implement the ban.

In a speech to be delivered to the New South Wales and South Australian authorities social media convention, Rowland will say federal Labor is contemplating an “exemption framework to accommodate access for social media services that demonstrate a low risk of harm to children”.

“The aim is to create positive incentives for digital platforms to develop age-appropriate versions of their apps,” she’s going to say.

The feedback open the door to permitting youngsters beneath the age threshold to proceed to entry social media, comparable to Meta’s new teen-friendly accounts on Instagram.

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On Friday the eSafety commissioner, who can be accountable for imposing the proposed ban, will launch outcomes of a social media survey discovering a major variety of the 1,500 youngsters aged eight to 12 who responded are spending time on digital platforms.

These embrace BeReal, Fb Messenger, Fb, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, Steam, Threads, TikTok, Twitch, X (previously Twitter), YouTube, Discord, Sign, Pinterest, WhatsApp and Telegram.

In her speech, Rowland will say: “It will be incumbent on the platforms to demonstrate they are taking reasonable steps to ensure fundamental protections are in place at the source.

“Penalties for users will not feature in our legislative design.”

Rowland will say the federal government is “conscious of the harmful features in the design of platforms that drive addictive behaviours”.

“This is why we will set parameters to guide platforms in designing social media that allows connections, but not harms, to flourish.”

The modifications can be applied over a 12-month timeframe “to provide industry and the regulator time to implement systems and processes”, she’s going to say, adopted by a overview to “ensure they are effective and delivering the outcomes Australians want”.

“Our strategic objective is clear: social media must exercise a social responsibility.”

In a press release Rowland mentioned the modifications have been “about protecting young people, not punishing or isolating them or their parents”.

“I am conscious of the pressure on parents in trying to oversee when and how their children use social media. This reform will help signal a set of normative values that supports parents.”

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, mentioned the reforms have been “about supporting parents and young Australians, who are deeply concerned about the harms that can come from using social media”.

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“We understand this is challenging. But we are prepared to do the hard work required to deliver a safer online experience for our teenagers. It is too important not to try.”

In September, Albanese introduced a nationwide ban could be in place earlier than the following election, after a push by the South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, gained assist amongst different states and territories.

Final week the prime minister wrote to first ministers of the states and territories asking them for his or her views on at what age a social media ban ought to apply and whether or not to “grandfather” present preparations for present account holders.

This week greater than 120 consultants and lecturers and dozens of youth, psychological well being and authorized organisations signed an open letter arguing {that a} ban “is too blunt an instrument to address risks effectively”.

The Australian Capital Territory chief minister, Andrew Barr, has mentioned it “doesn’t make sense” to take away present teen customers of social media from the platforms only a 12 months or two earlier than they regain entry, suggesting the modifications might be grandfathered or present customers migrated on to teen-suitable accounts.

On the summit the NSW premier, Chris Minns, clarified that individuals beneath the age of the legislated restriction who have been already on social media wouldn’t be eliminated when the ban is launched.

“You could have a situation where a 14-year-old today [has] access to social media, for example,” he mentioned to reporters. “Someone that turns 14 the day after the legislation [is] introduced wouldn’t.”

Malinauskas mentioned South Australia would assist an age restrict that was “nationally consistent”.

“We’ve regulated access to a whole range of products and services, alcohol, drugs, cigarettes.

“We do so in the knowledge that legislation is a blunt tool. It can arm not just young people, but also parents, society writ large, with the tools that can allow us to implement a clearer path, a more positive definition of what healthy relationships can look like.”

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