According to her sources, the relevant bill may be submitted to the national Parliament for consideration in the very near future. The Australian experience was used in the development of the document. Such measures are linked, among other things, to numerous complaints from parents whose children spend a lot of time on social media.
Earlier it was reported that the authorities of Spain and Maldives intend to introduce a similar ban in the near future.
The law prohibiting access to social media for people under the age of 16 came into force in Australia on December 10, 2025. Facebook Instagram (banned in Russia; owned by Meta Corporation, recognized as extremist in Russia), Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, Twitch, X and YouTube were banned. According to the new legislation, all responsibility for its violation is assigned to technology platforms, which face fines of up to 49.5 million Australian dollars (about $ 35 million) if they do not take all possible measures to deactivate the accounts of minors. After the law came into force, at least 4.7 million accounts of children and teenagers were deactivated or deleted. tass.ru.
