Australia will be the first country to ban social media for children under the age of 16

Australia’s Parliament has passed the Children’s Online Social Media use Protection Act (CFT) which would require platforms to remove under-age users from their platforms. The law requires platforms to “identify and remove underage users” from its platforms. Earlier, Meta Co-founder Ed Kovacic said the bill was “inconsistent and ineffective” and urged the Australian government to delay passing it.