The Australian government will study a bill to regulate access by minors to social media such as Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X and YouTube, as a measure to protect the health of children and adolescents.

The proposal contemplates an age limit, starting at 16 years of age, for access by minors to social media. Although no sanctions are contemplated, platforms will have to ensure compliance with this requirement.

According to the country’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, an announcement was made last September of a possible regulation to limit access by minors to social networks. “Now, the age proposed by the Government is 16 years old; that decision was made on Monday in the Council of Ministers,” the official recently indicated at a press conference in Canberra.

It is estimated that this bill will be brought to Parliament in the next few weeks and will come into force 12 months after its approval. It should be stressed that this law “will not exclude minors under 16 years of age who already have accounts on social networks or those who have parental consent.”

The entity that will be in charge of “publishing regulations so that digital platforms and social networks establish reasonable measures to restrict access to minors” will be the Australian Electronic Safety Commission.

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The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, told reporters this Saturday that Australia will focus on reestablishing its trade relations with China, within the framework of negotiations to lift the ban on Australian coal imports.

“China is our main trading partner, and we have worked to change the relationship,” the prime minister responded during a press conference in Townsville, in the state of Queensland, when asked about the negotiations on the ban on Australian coal and the impact of this fact in the Australian economy.

“We believe that both countries have an interest in continuing to develop more positive relations,” added Albanese.

These statements take place after Australia closed several agreements to import coal to China, after the relaxation of the informal ban on shipments from the oceanic country, measures imposed in 2020 after the distancing of both nations due to issues such as the origin of the pandemic of the coronavirus, according to Bloomberg.

However, other measures continue to interrupt trade between the two countries in other types of products, such as wine or wood.

“Australia is interested in being able to export to China without impediments. But China is also interested in receiving those exports from Australia,” Albanese acknowledged to the press.

As the prime minister pointed out, since the election of the Labor government in May, relations have stabilized and both leaders have met for the first time in years: “I had a positive meeting with President Xi at the end of last year. And Senator Wong’s visit as Foreign Minister to mark the 50th anniversary of Australia-PRC relations on December 21 was a positive development,” Albanese said.

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