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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been late out of the blocks on a ban on children accessing social media. Now that he has promised to act, pledging to introduce legislation this year, the question is whether it will be passed before the election.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is unveiling plans to introduce age limits for social media as new research highlights its negative impact on life satisfaction.

The Albanese government will introduce legislation this term to enforce a minimum age for children to access social media.

Draft bill requires social media platforms to stop children in the restricted age range from accessing their services

The South Australian government is moving ahead with plans to ban children under 14 from social media. Under the proposal, teens aged 14 and 15 would also need parental consent to have social media accounts.

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South Australia's planned laws banning children under 14 from social media should be overseen by a federal regulator and implemented nationally, a report says.

The Minister for the National Disability Scheme, Bill Shorten, has reached a deal with the states and territories to break a logjam over disability reform.

A joint state government summit on social media will address its "profound" harm on young people, and inform moves to impose age restrictions.

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Australia is one of several countries currently considering a social media ban for children. Nationally, there are calls to raise the age a young person can legally use social media from 13 to 16, while South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas is leading calls to raise the age to 14.