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The ban will be enforced by Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant. She said the platforms already had the technology and personal data about their users to enforce the age restriction with precision.
She would send the 10 targeted platforms on Thursday notices demanding information on how the age restriction was being implemented and how many accounts had been closed.
“We will provide information to the public before Christmas on how these age restrictions are being implemented and whether preliminarily we see them working,” Inman Grant said.
“The responses to these notices will form the baseline against which we will measure compliance,” she added.
Communications Minister Anika Wells said the age-restricted platforms “may not agree with the law and that’s their right — we don’t expect 100% universal support,\" but that all had undertaken to comply with the Australian law. She said more than 200,000 TikTok accounts in Australia had already been deactivated by Wednesday.
Wells also warned young children who had so far evaded detection that they would eventually be caught. A child who used a virtual private network to appear to be in Norway would be caught out if they were routinely posting images of Australian beaches, Wells said.
“Just because they might have avoided it (detection) today doesn’t mean they will be able to avoid it in a week’s time or a month’s time because social media platforms have to go back and routinely check under-16 accounts,” Wells said.
“These social media platforms have so much data on us because we choose to give it to them because we like social media and because you’ve had your older brother scan their face for you today, which has bought you a bit of time, doesn’t mean that these accounts aren’t going to see you talking to other 14-year-olds tonight about the under-16 soccer carnival on weekend, about your upcoming school holidays and what your Year 10 teacher is next year,” she added.
Albanese said the implementation would be difficult and “won’t be perfect.”
“This is about, importantly, pushing back against big tech, saying that social media companies have a social responsibility,” he said.
Father of sextortion scam victim says social media ban is a start
Wayne Holdsworth, who became an age restriction advocate because his son Mac took his own life after falling victim to an online sextortion scam, described the new law as a start. Children must now be educated about online dangers before they turn 16.
“Our kids that we’ve lost haven’t died in vain because today they’ll be looking down very proud of the work that we’ve all done,” Holdsworth told the Sydney gathering.
Flossie Brodribb, a 12-year-old advocate for a social media ban for young children, told the gathering she hoped other countries would follow Australia’s lead.
“This ban is bold and brave and I believe it will help kids like me to grow up healthier, safer, kinder and more connected to the real world,” Flossie said.
Simone Clements said the social media ban would come at a financial cost to her 15-year-old twins Carlee and Hayden Clements. Carlee is an actor, model, dancer, singer and influencer. Her brother is an actor and model.
“I know that our situation is unique to our family because the kids are in the entertainment industry and social media goes hand-in-hand with the entertainment industry. We have used social media in the most positive way. And it’s a platform for them to basically show their portfolio, and … this is an income stream for the children,” the mother told ABC.
Clements said the biggest impact on her children would be the loss of their young followers online.
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Republicans have little choice but to enlist Trump’s help, considering his enduring support among voters who are less likely to turn out during midterm elections.
“They need to energize Republican voters and the only real way to energize Republican voters and get them out to vote is by enlisting Trump in the campaign,” said Newhouse, who is advising some of the party's Senate candidates running in 2026.
He warned that Trump’s popularity does not necessarily transfer to candidates he supports, “but there isn't an alternative.”
“What they are trying to do here is basically wrap themselves up in him, hope that his approval and the economic numbers improve and get their voters out to the polls to match the Democrats’ intensity,” Newhouse said.
The White House has said that Trump will be on the road more in the coming months. He hosted his first rally in a while in Pennsylvania on Tuesday evening, where he blamed Democrats for inflation.
“They gave you high prices,” he said, adding that “we’re bringing those prices down rapidly.”
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Beaumont reported from Des Moines, Iowa. Associated Press writer Jonathan J. Cooper in Phoenix, Arizona, contributed to this report.
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Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said that shifted offshore wind power from “potential to reality,” with clear rules and plans for how wind farms will connect to the grid, which ports they'll use and how equipment will be moved."},{"_id":"RAJJHLOFY5ABJIP4SK4N3YMPRE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“The Philippines is ready to compete for global investment,” she said in a statement."},{"_id":"Z73EGJVJZJGMRJN2DTRHCE7LHI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Filipino corporation ACEN partnered with Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners in May to co-develop the nation’s first large-scale offshore wind project, aiming for up to 1 gigawatts in the central Philippine province of Camarines Sur."},{"_id":"CPZ6QZDFINCPFBESTS4UAQ5NQA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Vietnam has revived long-stalled offshore wind ambitions, issuing new rules and courting foreign investors. 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In that case, another federal judge in a 2020 pretrial ruling concluded there was no doubt that the state oversees all aspects of GNETS. "},{"level":2,"_id":"K5MKTUR4MRF3VCNNGLM4QZNQEI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"header","content":"Moneymatters "},{"_id":"37BH7C7VUJAVXMGN77J53I7A44","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"In 2022, state lawmakers tried to hand responsibility for GNETS students back to school districts. GNETS is funded separately from Georgia’s K-12 public schools, so the plan required a funding change. Officials attempted to combine the two by folding GNETS money into the complicated, 40-year-old K-12 funding formula. "},{"_id":"G6HLVVG6EBCQJLHYCJEFLYXAFQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The math didn’t work. The attempt resulted in a $25 million shortfall for GNETS students. 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