A teenage girl uses her phone in Sydney, Friday, Nov. 8. Australia’s Senate passed a bill Thursday that would create the first social media ban in the world for children under 16. Rick Rycroft/AP
Rick Rycroft/AP
MELBOURNE, Australia — A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Senate Thursday and will soon become a world-first law.
The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts.
The Senate passed the