I-Australia ivumile isinyathelo esizodinga ukuthi izinkundla zokuxhumana zikhawulele ukufinyelela kwabasebenzisi abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-16. I-Meta isivele iqalise uhlelo lokuvimba ukufinyelela ku-Facebook, Instagram, kanye ne-Threads kwentsha yase-Australia engaphansi kwaleyo minyaka.
Le nkampani isiqalile ukwazisa ama-akhawunti athintekile futhi izosungula isikhathi esinqunyiwe sokuthobela umthetho uma usuqala ukusebenza. Umgomo uwukuvimbela noma ubani oneminyaka engaphansi kwengu-16 ukuthi agcine noma adale i-akhawunti kula manethiwekhi maphakathi noDisemba.
Umugqa wesikhathi kanye nobubanzi besilinganiso

I-Meta imemezele ukuthi inqubo iqala ngoDisemba 4 ngokuvalwa kancane kancane kwama-akhawunti kanye nokuvinjelwa kokubhaliswa okusha kwezingane ezincane. Ukuvalwa kokufinyelela okuphelele kulindeleke ngoDisemba 10 , usuku lapho imithethonqubo iqala ukusebenza ngokugcwele.
Izixwayiso kulabo okukholakala ukuthi baneminyaka ephakathi kuka-13 no-15 ubudala zithunyelwa kusukela kuhlelo lokusebenza uqobo, nge-imeyili, nange-SMS . Laba basebenzisi banesikhathi sesaziso sezinsuku ezingu-14 ngaphambi kokulahlekelwa ukufinyelela.
Lo mkhawulo usebenza ku -Facebook, Instagram , kanye ne-Threads . Insizakalo ye-Messenger ayifakiwe ekuvinjelweni, ngakho intsha ingaqhubeka nokusebenzisa i-Messenger ngaphandle kokudinga i-akhawunti esebenzayo ye-Facebook.
I-Meta ikhombisile ukuthi ukuqaliswa kuzokwenzeka kancane kancane nokuthi ukuthobela imithetho kuzokwenziwa ngezigaba, ngokuzibophezela ekuqedeni ukuhoxiswa kwama-akhawunti ngaphambi noma ngosuku olufanayo umthetho oqala ngalo ukusebenza.
Ukuqinisekiswa kweminyaka yobudala kanye nokutholwa kokufinyelela
Ukuze ihambisane nemfuneko yomthetho, i-Meta izosebenzisa izindlela ezahlukene zokuqinisekisa ubudala futhi ithi izokwenza kanjalo ngaphansi kwendlela yokunciphisa idatha, icele ulwazi olwengeziwe kuphela uma kukhona ukungabaza okunengqondo mayelana neminyaka emenyezelwe.
Uma umsebenzisi ephawulwe ngephutha, angaqinisekisa iminyaka yakhe ngevidiyo ye-selfie noma idokhumenti esemthethweni esebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokuqinisekisa be-Yoti beqembu lesithathu. Le nkampani igwema ukuchaza yonke imigomo yokuthola ukuze ivimbele ukuphambuka okungenzeka kwezilawuli.
Intsha ethintwe yilesi sinyathelo inenketho yokulanda idatha yayo , ukususa ama-akhawunti ayo, noma ukuvuselela imininingwane yayo yokuxhumana ukuze ithole isaziso lapho iba neminyaka engu-16 futhi ingabuyela ezinkundleni.
I-Meta iqinisekisa ukuthi, lapho kutholwa ukufinyelela kusukela eminyakeni engu-16, okuqukethwe komsebenzisi kuzotholakala njengoba nje kwakushiywe , ukuze kungabikho okuthunyelwe noma izingxoxo ezilahlekayo.
Bangaki abasebenzisi abathinta lokhu?

Umlawuli we-inthanethi wase-Australia ulinganisela ukuthi kunabasebenzisi be-Facebook ababalelwa ku -150.000 kanye nabasebenzisi be-Instagram ababalelwa ku- 350.000 abaneminyaka engu-13 kuya ku-15. Azikho izibalo ezinikeziwe ze-Threads.
Lesi sinyathelo, esikhuthazwa nguHulumeni njengesinyathelo sokunciphisa ukuchayeka kwezingane ezingozini eziku-inthanethi , sihlose ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izingane zithola ubuntwana bazo ngaphandle kwengcindezi engadingekile yedijithali.
Lesi sinyathelo sihambisana nomzamo obanzi wokuqapha ukufinyelela kwezingane ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, futhi sibhekwa njengesinqumo sokuqala ngenxa yobubanzi baso kanye nesikhathi sokuqaliswa kwaso.
Inkampani isiqalile ukwazisa inqubo kumaphrofayili angaba nomthelela kusenesikhathi, ukuze kugwenywe ukunqamuka okungazelelwe futhi kube lula ngomndeni ngamunye ukuphatha ushintsho.
Uhlaka lwezomthetho nezijeziso

Lo mthetho, owaziwa ngokuthi i-Social Media Minimum Age (isichibiyelo kuMthetho Wokuphepha Ku-inthanethi), udinga amapulatifomu ukuthi athathe izinyathelo ezifanele zokuvimbela abasebenzisi abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-16 ukuthi babe nama-akhawunti. Ukwehluleka ukulandela imithetho kungaholela ekuhlawulisweni okufika ku- 49,5 million dollars ase-Australia.
I-Meta igcizelela ukuthi ukuthobela imithetho kuzoba inqubo eqhubekayo neyamazinga amaningi , nokuthi okubaluleke kakhulu kuyo ukuzivumelanisa nezimo ngaphandle kokuqoqa idatha eningi kunokudingekile ukuqinisekisa ubudala babasebenzisi.
Le nkampani iphinde yachaza ukuthi izilawuli zizobuyekezwa njalo, ukuze amapulatifomu akwazi ukuphendula emizamweni emisha yokugwema izinhlelo zokuqinisekisa.
Uhulumeni wase-Australia uphakamisa lo mthetho njengethuluzi lokunciphisa ukuchayeka ekuxhashazweni, ulwazi olungelona iqiniso, kanye nokuqukethwe okulimazayo phakathi kwentsha, kanye nosongo lwezijeziso kulabo abahlulekayo ukuthatha isinyathelo.
Ukusabela kwenkundla kanye nezwe lamazwe ngamazwe

I-Meta iveze ukungabaza mayelana nokuvinjelwa okuqondile futhi iphakamisa ezinye izindlela, njengokuqinisa ukulawula kwabazali kanye nokuqinisekiswa kweminyaka ezitolo zezinhlelo zokusebenza. Noma kunjalo, inkampani izolandela umyalo wase-Australia.
Amanye amapulatifomu nawo ayalungiselela: I-TikTok ne-Snapchat zikhombisile ukuthi zizolandela umthetho, kuyilapho i-YouTube ikungabaza ukufakwa kwawo futhi ihlola ezinye izinketho. I-X kanye nezinye izinsizakalo ziveze ukuphikisana kwazo nomthethonqubo.
Umthelela womthetho uzwakala ngale kwe-Australia. INew Zealand icubungula umthetho ofanayo, kanti eYurophu, uhulumeni waseDutch uncome ukuthi imindeni ivimbele izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-15 ekusebenziseni izinhlelo zokusebenza ezithile. Ingxoxo ngokulinganisela ukuphepha kwentsha kanye nokufinyelela kwedijithali izohlala isebenza futhi iqashwe ngokucophelela ngabalawuli emhlabeni jikelele.
Njengoba izinsuku zokugcina sezibekiwe, ukususwa kuzoqala ngoDisemba 4 futhi kuqedwe ngomhlaka-10, ngezaziso zangaphambilini, izinketho zokulanda idatha kanye nezindlela zokuqinisekisa ezenzelwe ukugwema amaphutha; uhlelo olubhekene nezinhlawulo zezigidi zamaRandi uma lwehluleka futhi oluzobeka inkambo yokuthi amapulatifomu amakhulu aphatha kanjani ukuba khona kwezingane kumanethiwekhi.
