As it was expected at the beginning of this month, the australian government, the left-of-centre, introduced the legislation in order to prevent children under 16 years old by the years on social media. Interested companies will need to implement an effective system for the verification of the age. In the event of violations at risk of a sentence of the grave.
With the exception of the applications of the message
The law is the proposed action, which shall be approved by the Parliament, amending the Act in the current Security Online 2021 with the introduction of an age minimum for entrance to social media. The companies that provide the service and prohibit children under 13 years of age to create an account, but this restriction can be circumvented easily by showing a young age to be fake.
After consultation with the parents, the doctors, the lawyers, the association and the representatives of the industry, the australian government has set the minimum age for entry into social media, it must be 16 years of age. All of them are in touch (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, X, and others), and the applications of messages, games, online, and educational services, and health care are excluded. There are no exceptions to the accounts are already active and open-ended, with the consent of the parents.
If the law is approved, the provider will also need to implement a system of verification of age in a year. The method of operation is not specified, but it is expected to start an essay about technology and different, guaranteeing the respect for privacy.
In the event of violations, the companies may receive a fine of up to 49.5 million Australian dollars. According to the Meta's age will be determined when the user dismisses the application of the shops, so that it would be in the hands of Apple and Google. Instead, Elon Musk has stated that the law appears as a backdoor to control access to the internet, for all of the australianëve.
An investigation has been launched by the European Commission to establish the age of the Meta-s, for the alleged violation of the Law, for Services to the Digital.
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