The federal government says it plans to hold social media platforms responsible for youth safety online as it outlines its plan for a ban. Communications minister Michelle Rowland says the government is working to have the right penalties in place.
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00:00We see the onus as being on the platforms,
00:05not on users or their parents
00:08when it comes to safety online.
00:11It's important to incentivise the platforms
00:14to create less at-risk platforms,
00:18less at-risk apps, less at-risk services.
00:22To that end, we look forward to working with industry
00:26to help achieve this goal.
00:28We know through recent developments
00:30that the platforms can and they should
00:33be doing more in this space.
00:36There of course remains other unregulated areas
00:39where we know there is work to be done
00:41when it comes to educating children
00:42on how best to deal with the challenges
00:45that they simply will confront.
00:46We wanna make sure that in South Australia
00:48we're leading the way in that regard
00:49and that's why today we are announcing
00:52that there will be a school-based program
00:55that applies to all schools
00:56throughout the state of South Australia
00:58within the curriculum that gives access to children,
01:03to the knowledge and the tools
01:04about how to confront the challenges
01:06they'll experience online.
01:07I think it's been our view for a while now
01:09that this is a global, unregulated experiment
01:13on young people.
01:14This is the first generation that's gone through
01:17this kind of access to social media.
01:19And as a result of that access to social media,
01:22exposure to what is often harmful content,
01:25what is often hurtful content
01:28or bullying behavior within social groups.
01:30We need to be able to do something about it.