SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned on Sunday that criticism by Elon Musk of Australia’s social media ban on kids beneath 16 was the X proprietor pushing an agenda for the social platform, whereas indicating he was open to speak to the billionaire concerning the ban, legislated this week.
Australia accepted the social media ban for kids late on Thursday after an emotive debate that has gripped the nation, setting a benchmark for jurisdictions world wide with one of many hardest rules concentrating on Massive Tech.
The ban, which the centre-left authorities says is world-leading, might pressure Australia’s relationship with key ally the USA, the place Musk, a central determine within the administration of president-elect Donald Trump, mentioned in a submit this month it appeared a “backdoor approach to management entry to the Web by all Australians”.
Albanese, requested on Sunday if he was ready to speak to Musk concerning the social media ban mentioned: “We’ll discuss to anybody”.
“With regard to Elon Musk, he has an agenda, he is entitled to push that because the proprietor of X, previously referred to as Twitter,” Albanese added in remarks on Australian Broadcasting Corp. tv.
The regulation forces tech giants from Instagram and Fb (NASDAQ:META) proprietor Meta, to TikTok to cease minors logging in or face fines of as much as A$49.5 million ($32 million). A trial of enforcement strategies begins in January with the ban to take impact in a 12 months.
“We’re decided to get this carried out, the parliament has overwhelmingly handed this laws,” Albanese advised the broadcaster.
X didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark exterior of enterprise hours.
Albanese’s Labor social gathering received essential assist from the opposition conservatives for the invoice that was fast-tracked via the nation’s parliament as a part of 31 payments pushed via in a chaotic closing day of parliament for the 12 months.
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