Australia wants to ban kids under 16 from social media as world governments seek to crack down on the ‘addictive’ apps [Video]

With young people using social media more than ever, and those social media companies perfecting the algorithms that keep them engaged, concerns about social media addiction are taking root all over the world. Now, Australia wants to ban social media for everyone under 16.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the plan on Thursday. Australia’s social media ban will be introduced into Parliament during its final session this year, which begins on November 18. If passed, social media companies will have 12 months to figure out how to keep minors off their apps before the law is enforced, he said.

“This one’s for the moms and dads,” Albanese said in a press conference. “Social media is doing harm to our kids, and I’m calling time on it.”

Albanese told reporters that the proposed law would “put the onus” on social media companies to show that they are taking reasonable steps …