Australian PM ready to 'engage' with Musk on social media teen ban

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Australia’s prime minister said Sunday that he was willing to ‘engage’ with billionaire X owner Elon Musk after the latter criticized the government’s decision to ban minors from joining social media.

Anthony Albanese celebrated the parliament’s support for the measures taken on Thursday to make accountable social for media preventing firms teenagers under 16 years of age from having accounts.

The law which will be effective after one year does not specify how the law will be implemented including how the social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and X will confirm the age of the users.

Musk, who named has as been the head of the US government efficiency department in the incoming administration of Donald Trump, tweeted in October that the law “seems like a backdoor way to control access to the internet for all Australians. ”

“We will talk to anyone,” Albanese said when asked if he would engage with Musk in discussions.

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This week, the UN children’s charity UNICEF Australia stated that the law was not the ‘silver bullet’ to tackle online harm and might drive children to use other platforms that are not regulated.