新西兰政府计划于8月24日向议会提交立法，禁止16岁以下儿童使用Instagram、TikTok、Snapchat和Facebook等社交媒体平台2。总理克里斯托弗·卢克松表示，"我们根本无法接受对新西兰一代儿童造成的伤害"12，此举旨在保护儿童的心理健康、睡眠和教育2。违规平台将面临最高达全球收入10%的罚款12。
该法案要求社交媒体平台采取合理措施验证用户年龄，包括利用现有账户信息、面部识别技术以及数字身份文件1。教育部长埃丽卡·斯坦福澄清，罚款仅适用于平台，不适用于家庭2。然而，新西兰第一党领导人温斯顿·彼得斯表示反对，称"我们对提议的立法感到担忧，以及这类立法必然会导致我们国家走向的方向和滑坡感到担忧"1，该党不会支持该法案1。
澳大利亚已于2024年12月成为全球首个实施16岁以下未成年人社交媒体禁令的国家2。不过，澳大利亚类似禁令生效后，6月进行的研究发现几乎没有证据表明其减少了青少年的社媒使用2。
New Zealand's government plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit children under 16 from using social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and Facebook.2 Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced that his party will submit the bill to parliament, citing the need to protect young people's mental health, sleep, and education.2 Luxon stated: "We simply cannot accept the harm being done to a generation of New Zealand children."12
The proposed Online Safety Bill would require social media platforms to implement reasonable age verification measures, including facial age estimation and digital identity verification.2 Platforms found in violation would face penalties of up to 10 percent of their global revenue.12 Education Minister Erica Stanford clarified that these penalties would apply only to platforms, not to families.2
However, the legislation faces political opposition. New Zealand First Party leader Winston Peters indicated the party will not support the bill, expressing concern about "the direction and slippery slope that legislation like this will inevitably take our country."1 Meanwhile, Australia became the first country globally to implement a similar ban for under-16s in December 2024, though a June study found little evidence that the restriction has reduced teenage social media use.2
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