Member

We already have the evidence we need that social media is causing irrefutable damage. I know some colleagues question increasing the age of access to social media to 16. I have looked very closely at the work of Labor colleagues in Australia who brought forward a world first and introduced a ban. Australia took 12 months to implement the legislation, which has now been in place for a month. Reflecting on the Australian eSafety Commissioner’s words after that first month, Australia is heartened and pleased that in the first week of a ban, 4.7 million social media accounts were deactivated in Australia. It is clear that the e-safety regulator’s guidance and engagement with platforms is already delivering significant outcomes.