With social media age limits, anti-scam laws, privacy tweaks, and misinformation rules Elon Musk labelled 'fascist'
his intention to introduce a minimum age for social media, with a preference for the services to be off limits until kids turn 16.Albanese promised legislation to enact the rule will be tabled before Australia's next election, due by 2025. Opposition leader Peter Dutton broadly supported the proposal, which is pitched at parents who are tired of having to protect their kids online.
On Thursday Australians learned of a privacy law update for the digital age aimed at protecting citizens whose data is exposed by breaches. The law will also make doxxing a crime. Next came amendments to hate crime laws that strengthen existing criminal offences which prohibit a person urging another person to use force or violence against a group or member of a group. That change will cover online conduct.
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