New Zealand to consider banning children under 16 from social media
Prime minister Christopher Luxon’s party to introduce bill seeking the ban, citing harm to a generation of children
TL;DR
- New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's party will introduce a bill to ban social media for children under 16.
- The bill proposes fines of up to 10% of a platform's global revenue for non-compliance.
- Social media platforms would need to implement reasonable age verification measures.
- Luxon stated the ban is necessary due to the harm social media causes to children's mental health, sleep, and education.
- One coalition partner, New Zealand First, opposes the bill, calling Australia's similar ban a failure and emphasizing parental responsibility.
- Australia banned social media for under-16s in December.