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Australian lawmakers sent shockwaves around the world recently by passing a law — the first of its kind in the world — that will ban children under age 16 from common social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok.
The Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024, which was ushered hastily through the Australian Parliament and passed in late November, is set to take effect Dec. 10, 2025. It introduces fines of tens of millions of dollars on social media companies if they fail to adequately verify the ages of their users and take reasonable steps to prevent children under 16 from having accounts.
The plan has drawn both praise and criticism from various quarters of the world as commentators of various backgrounds and ideologies — including many Catholics — try to assess the suitability of such a ban and whether, in practice, it will actually work.
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The Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024, which was ushered hastily through the Australian Parliament and passed in late November, is set to take effect Dec. 10, 2025. It introduces fines of tens of millions of dollars on social media companies if they fail to adequately verify the ages of their users and take reasonable steps to prevent children under 16 from having accounts.
The plan has drawn both praise and criticism from various quarters of the world as commentators of various backgrounds and ideologies — including many Catholics — try to assess the suitability of such a ban and whether, in practice, it will actually work.
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Catholics weigh in on Australia’s social media ban
Australian lawmakers recently passed a law — the first of its kind in the world — banning children under age 16 from common social media sites.
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