Melbourne, November 25: An advocate for major social media platforms told an Australian Senate committee Monday that laws to ban children younger than 16 from the sites should be delayed until next year at least instead of being rushed through the Parliament this week.

Sunita Bose, managing director of Digital Industry Group Inc., an advocate for the digital industry in Australia including X, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, was answering questions at a single-day Senate committee hearing into world-first legislation that was introduced into the Parliament last week. Bose said the Parliament should wait until the government-commissioned evaluation of age assurance technologies is completed in June. 슬롯사이트œParliament is asked to pass a bill this week without knowing how it will work,슬롯사이트� Bose said.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Australia Drops Plan To Fine 5% on Social Media Platforms for Spreading Misinformation Due to Lack of Support.

The legislation would impose fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) on platforms for systemic failures to prevent young children from holding accounts. It seems likely to be passed by Parliament by Thursday with the support of the major parties. It would take effect a year after the bill becomes law, allowing the platforms time to work out technological solutions that would also protect users' privacy. Bose received heated questions from several senators and challenges to the accuracy of her answers.

Opposition Sen. Ross Cadell asked how his 10-year-old stepson was able to hold Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube accounts from the age of 8, despite the platforms setting a nominal age limit of 13. Bose replied that 슬롯사이트œthis is an area where the industry needs to improve.슬롯사이트� She said the proposed social media ban risked isolating some children and driving children to 슬롯사이트œdarker, less safe online spaces슬롯사이트� than mainstream platforms.

Bose said her concern with the proposed law was that 슬롯사이트œthis could compromise the safety of young people,슬롯사이트� prompting a hostile response from opposition Sen. Sarah Henderson. 슬롯사이트œThat's an outrageous statement. You're trying to protect the big tech giants,슬롯사이트� Henderson said.

Unaligned Sen. Jacqui Lambie asked why the platforms didn't use their algorithms to prevent harmful material being directed to children. The algorithms have been accused of keeping technology-addicted children connected to platforms and of flooding users with harmful material that promotes suicide and eating disorders.

슬롯사이트œYour platforms have the ability to do that. The only thing that's stopping them is themselves and their greed,슬롯사이트� Lambie said. Bose said algorithms were already in place to protect young people online through functions including filtering out nudity.

슬롯사이트œWe need to see continued investment in algorithms and ensuring that they do a better job at addressing harmful content,슬롯사이트� Bose said.

Questioned by opposition Sen. Dave Sharma, Bose said she didn't know how much advertising revenue the platforms she represented made from Australian children.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Australian Government To Fine Social Media Companies Failing To Enforce Under-16 Social Media Ban Under World-1st Laws.

She said she was not familiar with research by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health that found X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat made $11 billion in advertising from U.S. users under 18 in 2022.

Communications department official Sarah Vandenbroek told the committee said the evaluation of age assurance technologies that will report in June would assess not only their accuracy but also their security and privacy settings. Department Deputy Secretary James Chisholm said officials had consulted widely before proposing the age limit. 슬롯사이트œWe think it's a good idea and it can be done,슬롯사이트� Chisholm told the committee. (AP)

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