澳大利亚工党正推动参议院通过加强社交媒体监管的改革法案1。该法案旨在强化eSafety专员的权力，并大幅提高科技企业违反16岁以下用户社交媒体禁令的罚款额度1。通信部长Anika Wells表示，"专员已发现这些企业采取多种不当手段来破坏澳大利亚的法律"1。
政府提议的最高罚款额为1亿澳元1。然而，绿党认为这一罚款力度不足以撼动科技巨头的商业模式1。绿党参议员Sarah Hanson-Young建议将罚款与公司全球利润挂钩1。
自禁令于2025年12月10日生效以来，已有超过500万个16岁以下儿童账户被删除、停用或限制1，其中Meta称已移除超过75万个账户1。eSafety专员在2025年3月至4月的调查中发现，仍有81.5%的10至15岁儿童在使用至少一个年龄受限平台1。
政府还计划推出数字义务改革法案，强制社交媒体公司为用户提供退出算法推荐的选项1。该法案的草案预计在未来两周内发布1。
Australia's Labor government is urging the Senate to pass strengthened social media legislation that would expand the powers of the eSafety Commissioner and increase penalties on technology companies for breaching age restrictions affecting under-16 users.1 The push comes as the government prepares to introduce separate digital duty reforms that would require social media platforms to offer users the option to opt out of algorithmic recommendations.1
The urgency reflects persistent challenges in enforcing the age ban implemented in December 2024. The eSafety Commissioner discovered in March-April 2025 that 81.5 percent of children aged 10-15 were still using at least one age-restricted platform.1 Since the ban took effect on December 10, 2024, more than 5 million accounts belonging to under-16 users have been deleted, suspended, or restricted, with Meta alone reporting the removal of over 750,000 accounts.1 Communications Minister Anika Wells stated that "the commissioner has found these companies adopting a number of dirty tricks to undermine Australia's law."1
The government has proposed maximum fines of 100 million Australian dollars for violations, but the Greens have rejected this figure as insufficient to deter major technology firms from circumventing regulations.1 Green Party Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has suggested linking penalties to companies' global profits as a more effective deterrent.1 The digital duty reform bill's exposure draft is expected to be released within the coming two weeks.1
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