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this Aussie state is set to be the first in Australia to ban social media for kids under the age of 14 under a draft South Australian law social media platforms will be slapped with severe fines if they allow children under 14 to create accounts and risk lawsuits from parents of children who suffer harm a new report by former High Court chief justice Robert French includes a draft bill with the legislative framework to ban children under 14 from social media and requires companies to gain parental consent for 14 and 15 year-olds to use their platforms South Australian Premier Peter melanowski said the bill would create a systemic social responsibility on platforms to ensure they undertake all reasonable steps to prevent children from getting access the system would be overseen by a regulator responsible for monitoring compliance and issuing sanctions against social media platforms including allowing parents to sue for damages if their child was harmed because a provider had breached their Duty under the ACT Mr malinowa said the consequences for providers would be severe and harsh while Mr French claims there will undoubtedly be workarounds by knowledgeable child users he stresses the perfect should not be the enemy of the good he said a beneficial effect of the law may be to arm parents with the proposition that it is the law not them that restricts access to social media for children in South Australia what do you think