Australian Prime Minister and South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas are taking significant steps to regulate social media usage. The Prime Minister emphasized the need for a 'Social License' to post online, aiming to manage content that affects public safety and democracies. Concurrently, Premier Malinauskas is proposing legislation to prohibit individuals under the age of 14 from holding social media accounts, appointing a former Chief Justice of the High Court to examine this initiative.
In an Australian-first, the South Australian premier is moving to legislate against anyone under the age of 14 holding a social media account. #9News https://t.co/nYSocFjVUd
In an Australia-first, the SA premier is moving to legislate against anyone under the age of 14 from holding a social media account. Peter Malinauskas has appointed a former Chief Justice of the High Court to look into the ban. #9News MORE: https://t.co/w8rMZj3qbC https://t.co/qknfMYYsdF
UNREAL The Australian Prime Minister just said "with social media comes the need for social license" Does this mean people will need a license to post online now? Sounds like a social credit score to me...
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Update from Australia's PM -- you're going to need a Social License to post memes. "Parliament needs to understand how social media companies dial up and down the content that supports healthy democracies, as well as the anti-social content that undermines public safety." --… https://t.co/Tg3U3WUG91 https://t.co/iHH0xbDG3p