{"id":20185,"date":"2025-09-24T08:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T06:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/elon-musks-x-calls-for-delay-in-australias-child-social-media-ban-citing-serious-concerns-about-policys-lawfulness\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T08:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T06:37:16","slug":"elon-musks-x-calls-for-delay-in-australias-child-social-media-ban-citing-serious-concerns-about-policys-lawfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/elon-musks-x-calls-for-delay-in-australias-child-social-media-ban-citing-serious-concerns-about-policys-lawfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s X calls for delay in Australia\u2019s child social media ban citing \u2018serious concerns\u2019 about policy\u2019s lawfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Platform\u2019s submission to age verification inquiry argues for a grace period for enforcement of laws it claims could infringe on human rights treaties<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2025\/sep\/24\/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-new-york-united-nations-donald-trump-climate-crisis-palestine-israel-gaza-ntwnfb\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s X has called for a delay in Australia\u2019s under-16s social media ban, arguing it has \u201cserious concerns\u201d about the lawfulness of the \u201cpunitive\u201d policy.<\/p>\n<p>X was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2025\/sep\/24\/australia-under-16-social-media-ban-could-extend-reddit-twitch-roblox-lego-play-steam-dating-apps\">one of over a dozen companies<\/a> the eSafety commissioner wrote to earlier this month, asking whether they believed they should be required to ban children under 16 years of age from their platform from 10 December, when the law is due to come into effect.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/sep\/24\/australia-child-social-media-ban-age-varification-elon-musk-x-calls-for-delay-citing-policy-lawfulness\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f52ab40f5ce38abea87deb010ee0ebeacb4c165e\/482_0_4817_3855\/master\/4817.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c9f16bcf0d33ed84a058a4905c3cc666\" title=\"Elon Musk\u2019s X calls for delay in Australia\u2019s child social media ban citing \u2018serious concerns\u2019 about policy\u2019s lawfulness\" \/>Platform\u2019s submission to age verification inquiry argues for a grace period for enforcement of laws it claims could infringe on human rights treaties<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s X has called for a delay in Australia\u2019s under-16s social media ban, arguing it has \u201cserious concerns\u201d about the lawfulness of the \u201cpunitive\u201d policy.<br \/>\nX was one of over a dozen companies the eSafety commissioner wrote to earlier this month, asking whether they believed they should be required to ban children under 16 years of age from their platform from 10 December, when the law is due to come into effect. 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