Albanese government forging ahead with social media age restrictions despite Meta’s new Instagram teen accounts
by Josh Taylor from World news | The Guardian on (#6QTCP)
Communications minister Michelle Rowland welcomes Meta's announcement but suggests it doesn't strongly enforce its present age limit on Instagram
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The Albanese government is forging ahead with its plans for an age restriction on social media despite Meta announcing new restrictions for teens on Instagram, with the communications minister arguing children's use of social media is unbalanced.
On Wednesday Instagram announced changes to teen accounts, including giving parents the ability to set daily time limits for using the app, block teens from using Instagram at certain times and to see accounts their child is exchanging messages with and the content categories they are viewing.
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