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X Says Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Risks Interfering With Foreign Law
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X has a new argument against sweeping underage social media bans that would limit usage of its platform: They interfere with international law.
The social media platform, which sits within Elon Musk’s SpaceX, issued a submission to the Australian parliament published Tuesday that called for the government to drop efforts to strengthen its underage social media ban.
Australia is leading a growing global movement to restrict children’s access to social media, after banning under-16-year-olds from the sites in December.
Musk has been a particularly vocal critic of Australia’s bill to make 16 the minimum age for social media.
“From all the data in the possession of the social media company, they can distinguish between Australian and non-Australian children, and therefore keep regulation to Australia.”