A declaration of war is limited.

By intending to legislate a policy prohibiting children and teenagers under 16 from accessing and using social media, Australian Prime Minister Antonio Albanese will set the country a world leader in restricting and controlling children and teenagers' use of social media.

A young woman using a phone in Australia.

In fact, while some places around the world have already addressed this issue, Australia is the first country to demonstrate such a strong commitment to legalizing and defining an age limit as high as 16 years old.

For currently popular social media platforms, any legal or regulatory restrictions and controls on their use are tantamount to a declaration of war. While the Australian government's deliberate legalization of this measure is only a limited declaration of war, it could still have a devastating impact on both the present and future of social media. It sets a precedent for legal action against social media platforms worldwide and simultaneously causes them to lose a large and crucial user base.

Social media platforms have legitimate reasons to be concerned about the future, as Mr. Albanese has also expressed his intention to lobby countries and partners worldwide to agree on and implement restrictions on social media use, similar to those in Australia, on a global scale. Given the increasingly evident negative aspects and harmful effects of social media, the rising rate of social media abuse, and the premature access and use by teenagers, the widespread adoption of this pioneering step by the Australian government globally is not only feasible but certain to happen. This limited declaration of war by the Australian government will eventually lead to an unrestricted declaration of war by the world against social media.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tuyen-chien-co-han-che-185241108221020079.htm