Australia plans to force parental consent for minors on social media

Australia plans to make social media companies obtain parental consent for users under the age of 16 and is threatening fines of up to 10 million Australian dollars ($7.5 million) for internet platforms which fail to comply, under draft legislation published on Monday.

source https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/25/tech/australia-social-media-parental-consent-intl-hnk/index.html