The Australian government is threatening multimillion dollar fines for social companies that breach a proposed ban on children under 16 from using their service.

Legislation for the world's first legal ban on children under 16 using social media has been introduced in Australia's Parliament.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of social media platform X, criticized proposed legislation in Australia that aims to ban social media for children under 16.

U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, has criticised Australia's proposed law to ban social media for children under 16 and fine social media platforms of up to A$49.5 million ($32 million) for companies for systemic breaches.

Liberal MP Andrew Wallace has discussed tech billionaire Elon Musk’s criticism towards the Albanese government over its new social media age limit bill.

Australia’s centre-left government on Thursday introduced the bill in parliament. It plans to try an age-verification system to enforce a social media age cut-off, some of the t