Australia investigates social media companies’ compliance with child safety laws

WashU Law prof Oliver Roberts discusses Australia’s probe into imaginable violations of its prohibition connected societal media for children during ‘Fox & Friends First.’

Australia is investigating large societal media companies, including Meta and TikTok, for imaginable breaches of a prohibition restricting entree for children nether 16. Oliver Roberts, a prof of instrumentality astatine WashU Law School, highlights that interior YouTube emails revealed the company's extremity was "viewer addiction," not conscionable viewership. He emphasizes that this interior admittance could beryllium a "smoking gun" successful ongoing national lawsuits concerning societal media addiction among children.