Last year Australia made a big-time move in social-media control thats got everyone talking. The law (which blocks under-16s from platforms) got quick-approved during a super-busy end-of-year parliament rush
Anthony Albanese the aussie PM‚ made it clear about Elon Muskʼs complaints: “Heʼs got his own thing going with X – but weʼll talk to anyone“. The tech-world shake-up means big names like Meta TikTok and X must block young users or face mega-fines up to A$49.5 million (which is a lot of cash for even these tech-giants)
The rules are pretty straight-forward; social platforms need to stop kids from logging in – its that simple. Testing starts this month‚ and companies have about a year to get their act together. The whole thing got both major parties on board which doesnt happen every day in aussie politics
We are determined to get this done‚ the parliament has overwhelmingly passed this legislation
The law might make things a bit awkward with the US since Musk (whos pretty big in american tech-politics) called it a “backdoor way to control access to the Internet“. But aussie leaders seem more focused on getting things done than worrying about what social-media bosses think about it