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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce today that the government plans to introduce legislation to enforce a minimum age for access to social media, AAP reports. The legislation will be introduced before the next election and will draw on the report by former High Court chief justice Robert French (see yesterday’s Worm). AAP highlights the report, released by the South Australian government at the weekend, includes a draft bill with the legislative framework to ban children under 14 from using social media. It also requires social media companies to get parental consent for 14 and 15-year-olds to use their platforms.
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