New Zealand Plans Social Media Ban for Under-16s
3 sources·Updated August 24, 2026
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- Guardian World·1h agoNew Zealand to consider banning children under 16 from social media
Prime minister Christopher Luxon’s party to introduce bill seeking the ban, citing harm to a generation of children New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon has said his party will introduce a bill in parliament that seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media,…
Read at Guardian World → - ET Tech·1h agoNew Zealand to introduce bill banning social media for children under 16
The bill would require social media platforms to take reasonable steps to verify users' ages, including by utilising existing account information, facial technology and digital identity documents.
Read at ET Tech → - Bloomberg Technology·3h agoNew Zealand Plans Social Media Ban for Under-16s
New Zealand plans to to ban under 16 years from social media, saying access is causing harm to a generation of the nation’s children.
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