New Zealand Proposes Social Media Ban for Under-16s
New Zealand's government plans to introduce a bill that would ban social media access for children under the age of 16. This move aims to protect young people and is backed by potential significant fines for non-compliance.
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New Zealand to introduce bill banning social media for children under 16 - Reuters
New Zealand to introduce bill banning social media for children under 16 Reuters
Read full article →New Zealand Plans Social Media Ban for Under-16s
New Zealand plans to to ban under 16 years from social media, saying access is causing harm to a generation of the nation’s children.
By Tracy Withers
Read full article →New Zealand plans social media ban for under-16s backed by big fines
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Monday his party would introduce a bill in parliament that seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media, proposing fines of up to 10 per cent of a platform’s global revenue for non-compliance. The bill would require social media platforms to take reasonable steps to verify users’ ages, including by using existing account information, facial technology and digital identity documents. “We simply cannot accept the harm being done t...
By Reuters
Read full article →New Zealand moves to ban social media for children under 16
Bill seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media, and proposes fines of up to 10 per cent of a platform’s global revenue for non-compliance
By Renju Jose
Read full article →New Zealand becomes latest country to propose social media ban for children
Proposed law would mandate tech platforms implement age-verification measures for under-16s or face penalties of up to 10 per cent of their global revenues
By Renju Jose and Alasdair Pal
Read full article →New Zealand to introduce bill banning social media for children under 16 - The Straits Times
New Zealand to introduce bill banning social media for children under 16 The Straits Times
Read full article →New Zealand to introduce Bill banning social media for children under 16
Read full article →Watch live: Govt pushes ahead with social media ban for under-16s
A new bill will put pressure on social media companies to comply, while also establishing an online safety regulator and setting up a penalty regime.
Read full article →Government advised digital ID could be used for age-checking social media platforms
The Government was told a digital card could be used for age verification online.
By Troy Matich
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