Australian states back national plan to ban children under 16 from social media

1. Australia's states and territories last Friday unanimously backed a national plan to require most forms of social media to bar children younger than 16. Leaders of the eight provinces held a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to discuss what he calls a world-first national approach that would make platforms including X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook responsible for enforcing the age limit. "Social media is doing social harm to our young Australians," Albanese told reporters. "The safety and mental health of our young people has to be a priority." Do you agree with Australia's decision to require most forms of social media to bar children younger than 16?

2. The legislation will be introduced into Parliament within two weeks, and the age ban would take effect a year after it passes into law, giving platforms time to work out how to exclude children. The government has yet to offer a technical solution. Do you think it should be up to the platforms to figure out how to block children?