Australia to ban under-16s from social media but cant say how TikTok, Instagram and others will enforce it

The Australian government has pledged to legislate an age limit of 16 years for social media access, with penalties for online platforms that don’t comply. But the Labor government has not spelled out how it expects Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and others to actually enforce that age limit. Anthony Albanese is facing pressure from the Coalition opposition to rush the bill through parliament in the next three weeks, although a federal trial into age assurance technology has not yet commenced. Albanese and the communications minister, Michelle Rowland, did not rule out the potential for social media users to have their faces

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