Labor has passed its proposed social media ban for under-16s. Here’s what we know – and what we don’t

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"The federal government’s social media ban for under-16s has been passed in the
Senate.

It is unclear how the new rules will be applied or enforced, and if the
legislation will require all Australians to hand over more of their personal
data.

But while the government has promised “robust” privacy protections for that
extra information, and bans on social media giants using that data for other
purposes, we still don’t know exactly what kind of data people will have to
hand over.

The government instead is kicking that can to the big tech firms themselves,
essentially asking Facebook, Snapchat and X to come up with their own systems
instead.

Here’s what we know so far – and what questions still need to be answered."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics