Children’s Privacy: Australia opts in favor of more user control, but not to ban social for ages under 16
Despite bipartisan support for banning users under age 16 from social media, an Australian parliamentary committee recommended giving users control to alter, reset, or turn off algorithms, but didn’t go so far as the age ban. Other recommendations included introducing a duty of care for platforms, providing more digital literacy education, and including young people in the process of helping to design any regulations that will impact them.