{"id":19911,"date":"2024-12-01T01:50:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T01:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19911"},"modified":"2024-12-01T01:50:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T01:50:05","slug":"prime-minister-anthony-albanese-dashes-elon-musks-criticism-of-social-media-age-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19911","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Anthony Albanese dashes Elon Musk\u2019s criticism of social media age ban"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anthony Albanese has dashed criticism of tech billionaire Elon Musk as the government works to implement its social media age ban for teens under 16 years of age.<\/p>\n

Prior to the law passing, the X owner lashed the world-first legislation as a \u201cbackdoor way to control access to the internet by all Australians\u201d.<\/p>\n

X will be one of the many platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, which will have to manage and administer the ban or face fines of up to $50m.<\/p>\n

However the Prime Minister has disregarded Mr Musk\u2019s criticism, despite the Tesla and Space X boss\u2019 close connections with US president-elect Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith regard to Elon Musk, he has an agenda. He\u2019s entitled to push that,\u201d he told ABC\u2019s Insiders.<\/p>\n

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Camera Icon<\/title><\/svg>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Elon Musk was \u2018entitled\u2019 to push his agenda. NewsWire\/ Martin Ollman<\/span> Credit: News Corp Australia<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr Albanese also confirmed he was open to speaking to Mr Musk, who the known-libertarian vowing to government bureaucracy and regulations as the chief of Mr Trump\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll engage (with Mr Musk). I\u2019ll talk to anyone \u2026 but we are determined to get this done,\u201d said Mr Albanese.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe parliament has overwhelmingly passed this legislation, and it\u2019s the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

While willing to talk it through, the Prime Minister ruled out a visit to Mar-a-Lago to visit President Trump ahead of his inauguration, noting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was going specifically to raise the issue of Mr Trump\u2019s proposed 25 per cent tarrif on Canadian and Mexican goods.<\/p>\n

Previously, Mr Musk has called Labor \u201cfascists\u201d over its failed misinformation and disinformation laws which aimed to regulate the sharing of false or malicious information online.<\/p>\n

In April, Mr Albanese labelled the X chief an \u201carrogant billionaire\u201d after X refused to remove graphic videos showing the alleged stabbing of Sydney bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, prompting a legal challenge from the eSafety commissioner.<\/p>\n

While X blocked the content in Australia, it was still available to be viewed globally.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralians will shake their head when they think that this billionaire is prepared to go to court fighting for the right to sow division and to show violent videos,\u201d Mr Albanese said at the time.<\/p>\n

In response, Mr Musk accused the commissioner of attempting to censor content for all countries.<\/p>\n

The high anticipated but divisive social media age ban was part of 45 pieces of legislation the government passed in its final two sitting weeks for 2024.<\/p>\n

Passage of the bill in the Senate was noted by news outlets globally, including the New York Times, the BBC, and Politico EU.<\/p>\n

However Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has said it doesn\u2019t believe it has the technological capacity to implement the ban \u2013 comments the government has questioned.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are concerned about the process which rushed the legislation through while failing to properly consider the evidence, what industry already does to ensure age-appropriate experiences, and the voices of young people,\u201d a Meta spokesman said on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anthony Albanese has dashed criticism of tech billionaire Elon Musk as the government works to implement its social media age ban for teens under 16 years of age. Prior to the law passing, the X owner lashed the world-first legislation as a \u201cbackdoor way to control access to the internet by all Australians\u201d. X will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}