New Zealand is taking a swing at Big Tech, proposing a ban that would keep children under 16 off major social media platforms.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s government introduced the Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill on Monday, seeking to make social media companies responsible for keeping under-16s off their services.
Social media services designated as high risk would have to take “reasonable steps” to verify that users are at least 16. The government identified Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Facebook as examples of platforms likely to fall within that category. Possible methods include checking existing…
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