Australia is thinking about making new rules for social media now the government wants to stop young people from using sites like Facebook Instagram and Tik Tok now they are worried these sites might be bad for kids mental health so Australia prime minister Anthony albanis says they will make a law this year to keep children of social media they haven't decide exactly how old you will need to be used these sites but it could be between 14 and 16 years old Anthony albanis himself thinks 16 might be a good age and then the Prime Minister wants kids to do more real life activities instead of spending time on their phones or computers he said I want to see kids playing sports swimming and doing other things with the real people he believes this is better for their health and happiness so the government is trying to figure out how to check people's ages online they are testing different phase to do this over the next few months but some experts think did Might hard to actually stop kids from usual social media Albin is called social media is a big problem for young people and is worried about how it affects their mental health now the government hopes these new rules will protect children and encourage them to have more real world experiences