Australia adds Reddit, Kick to social media ban for children under 16 – Al Jazeera

Australia’s upcoming social media ban for children under 16 years old will include the online forum Reddit and livestreaming platform Kick in addition to seven other well-known sites, according to the country’s online safety commissioner. The social media ban will go into effect on December 10 and will also restrict access to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X and YouTube, Communications Minister Anika Wells said on Wednesday. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Zohran Mamdani elected as New York City mayor in historic win list 2 of 4 At least 7 killed in UPS cargo plane crash at Louisville airport in US list 3 of 4 Belgian airports disrupted by unidentified drone flights list 4 of 4 US kills two more people in latest strike on vessel in the Pacific end of list “Online platforms use technology to target children with chilling control. We are merely asking that they use that same technology to keep children safe online,” Wells said. “We have met with several of the social media platforms in the past month so that they understand there is no excuse for failure to implement this law,” Wells told reporters in Canberra. “We want children
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