Impact
Digital Industry Group Inc., an advocate for the platforms in Australia, said questions remain about the law’s impact on children, its technical foundations and scope, as “no one can confidently explain how it will work in practice”.
While the major parties support the ban, many child welfare and mental health advocates are concerned about unintended consequences.
Sen. David Shoebridge, from the minority Greens party, said mental health experts agreed that the ban could isolate many children, especially in the LGBT+ community, who use social media to find support.
Online safety campaigner Sonya Ryan, whose 15-year-old daughter Carly was murdered by a 50-year-old paedophile who pretended to be a teenager, described the Senate vote as a “monumental moment in protecting our children.”…
