Those companies that do not comply with the requirements and restrictions established within one year must pay fines of up to US$33 million. The House of Representatives approved the project with 102 votes in favor and 13 against.
The House of Representatives of Australia approved this Wednesday a bill that restricts access to social networks to under 16 years oldand leaves the final sentence to the decision of the Senate.
With 102 votes in favor and 13 votes againstthe majority of representatives supported the initiative that would force platforms, such as X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram, to take measures that prohibit the access of minors to their platforms.
Those social networks that do not meet the corresponding requirements, will have to face fines up to 50 million Australian dollars (US$33 million) and they would have a year to begin implementing the restrictions.
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The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albaneseexpressed to the media that the future law is “for mothers and fathers. Social networks are making real harm to children and I’m going to end this“.
The main and majority political parties Australians were in favor and guarantee the approval of the project presented to the Senate on Wednesday night; The legislation will be approved on Thursday in the last session of the Parliament of the year.
Positions against and the claims of technology companies
The critics and the authorities who voted against the project argue that this prohibition will isolate the young and will eliminate all the positive aspects that social networks produce and that “it would make no difference to the harms inherent to social networks,” he exclaimed Joe Danielsindependent legislator.
On the other hand, the technology companies and the social networks at risk due to the decrease in users, they have already made their claims to delay and stop the advancement of the regulations under the justification of lack of evidence regarding its negative impact.
Google and Goal They demanded from the Australian government a amplitude at the time of change and argued that they still have to wait for results that would demonstrate how companies will carry out age verification on the platforms.
“Is worrying that this project is moving forward without the results of the studies,” he said Google in its presentation, which estimates that the first reports and analysis of what was studied will not be available until mid-2025.
Source: Ambito
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