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X Says Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Risks Interfering With Foreign Law
X has a new argument against sweeping underage social media bans that would limit usage of its platform: They interfere with international law.
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X has a new argument against sweeping underage social media bans that would limit usage of its platform: They interfere with international law. The social media platform, which sits within Elon Musk’s SpaceX , issued a submission to the Australian parliament published Tuesday that called for the government to drop efforts to strengthen its underage social media ban . It complained that the proposals to increase pressure on sites to demonstrate efforts to crack down on underage access are unnecessary, ill-suited, unfair, and could violate privacy rights.
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