The ban won’t take effect for at least 12 months. But key details about it are still missing – including how social media platforms will actually verify users’ age.
No, this bill specifically only makes it possible to penalise the platforms. Parents or children cannot be penalised. The precise wording in the bill is:
A provider of an age-restricted social media platform must take reasonable steps to prevent age-restricted users having accounts with the age-restricted social media platform.
Civil penalty: 30,000 penalty units
There are also penalties that can apply to individuals, but only if:
the person is a provider of an age-restricted social media platform;
or
the person is a provider of an electronic service;
(To the penalty of “Civil penalty: 500 penalty units”.)
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No, this bill specifically only makes it possible to penalise the platforms. Parents or children cannot be penalised. The precise wording in the bill is:
There are also penalties that can apply to individuals, but only if:
or
(To the penalty of “Civil penalty: 500 penalty units”.)