SYDNEY (Reuters) – U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, owner of social media platform It criticized an Australian bill that would impose fines of up to A$49.5 million ($32 million) on platforms. .
Australia’s centre-left government introduced the bill to parliament on Thursday. It plans to introduce an age verification system to enforce age restrictions on social media, the toughest regulations ever imposed by any country.
“It looks like a backdoor way to control access to the internet for all Australians,” Musk, who sees himself as a champion of free speech, said Thursday in response to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s post on X about the bill. I mentioned it in a late reply.
While several countries have already announced restrictions on children’s social media use through legislation, Australia’s policy is one of the strictest, with no exemptions for parental consent or existing accounts. There is a possibility that it will happen.
While France last year proposed a social media ban for under-15s but allowed parental consent, the United States has for decades forced technology companies to restrict parental consent when accessing the data of children under 13. It has become mandatory to seek the consent of
Musk has previously clashed with Australia’s centre-left Labor government over social media policy, calling the government a “fascist” over misinformation laws.
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