Communications minister Michelle Rowland introduced Labor's social media age limit legislation to parliament, saying that messaging apps and online gaming would be excluded. 'We are not saying that risks don't exist on messenger apps or online gaming. While users can still be exposed to harmful content by other users, they do not face the same algorithmic curation of content and psychological manipulation to encourage near endless engagement.' Rowland said online games were regulated under the National Classification Scheme, and 'imposing additional age-based regulation for online games [would] create unnecessary regulatory overlap'. The minister said there were 'robust privacy protections' in the bill, including explicit bans on platforms using age verification data for any other purposes

Source: The Guardian November 21, 2024 14:15 UTC