QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator FARRELL (South Australia—Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:06): I thank Senator Ananda-Rajah for the question and the wonderful work that she does on behalf of the great citizens of Victoria. Australia is proud of the work that it has done leading the world when it comes to protecting our kids online through our social media minimum age laws.

More than 20 countries are following our lead already. The Albanese Labor government action is working, with more than five million accounts of people under 16 being removed or deactivated. But we're not stopping there and ensuring more protection from seriously harmful content and features that young people are exposed to online.

Today, the draft legislation for the Albanese government's digital duty of care has been released for consultation. The digital duty of care will make platforms protect Australian children from harmful content and features and gives parents the tools that they need to keep their family safe online. It will protect Australians from seriously harmful and illegal content and ensure that under-18s are protected from content and features that are harmful to young people.

For the first time, we're also setting minimum standards for features for digital service companies to use, and that is the same as any other product Australians use and buy. This is not about controlling what adults see and do online; it's about giving them more choice. The digital duty of care will require platforms to give users more choice over the content and the features that they use.

The PRESIDENT: Senator Ananda-Rajah, first supplementary?