Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNew Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon has announced proposed legislation to ban social media for children under 16. Tech platforms failing to enforce reasonable age-verification measures face fines of up to 10 per cent of their global revenues. Luxon highlighted the government's duty to protect children from addictive technology, harmful content, and mental health risks. Coalition partner New Zealand First opposes the bill, with leader Winston Peters calling Australia's similar ban a failure and advocating parental responsibility. Luxon acknowledged that preventing all children from accessing social media will be difficult, but maintained the effort is essential. In fullNew Zealand's prime minister proposes banning children from using social mediaMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
New Zealand set to introduce under-16 social media ban – how it would work
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNew Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon has announced proposed legislation to ban social media for children under 16. Tech platforms failing to enforce reasonable age-verification measures face fines of up to 10 per cent of their global revenues. Luxon highlighted the government's duty to protect children from addictive technology, harmful content, and mental health risks. Coalition partner New Zealand First opposes the bill, with leader Winston Peters calling Australia's similar ban a failure and advocating parental responsibility. Luxon acknowledged that preventing all children from accessing social media will be difficult, but maintained the effort is essential. In fullNew Zealand's prime minister proposes banning children from using social mediaMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
