Australian government: ”People under 16 are banned from using social media”

Starting next month, Australia will ban the use of social media by children and teenagers under the age of 16. In response to this, the US IT giant Meta has announced that it will
"I will be deleting my Facebook and Instagram accounts," he said. According to AFP, Bloomberg, and the Australian edition of The Guardian on the 20th (local time),
Meta announced in a statement that it would "delete the Feisbook, Instagram, and Threads accounts of users under the age of 16 by the 10th of next month."
However, these users will be able to reactivate their existing accounts and connect again once they turn 16.
This is because the Australian government will enforce the "Child and Youth Social Media Prohibition Act" from the 10th of next month.
In November last year, the Australian Parliament banned the use of social media by users under the age of 16, and imposed fines of up to 4,950 on platform companies that did not comply.
The bill passed a law imposing a fine of 10,000 Australian dollars (approximately 5.03 billion yen). Regarding the passing of this bill, Meta stated to Official that he would "respect this."
"While we share the Australian Government's goal of providing a safe and age-appropriate online experience, isolating young people from their friends and communities is not the solution," they said.
"Rather than blocking all users under the age of 16, there are better approaches, such as allowing parents to directly manage what apps their children download," he said.
According to Australian government statistics, there are about 350,000 people under the age of 16 who use Instagram in Australia, and about 150,000 people under the age of 16 who use Facebook.
There are said to be 10,000 users under the age of 16.