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Social Media (Age-Restricted Users) Bill

Preliminary provisions

3: Purpose

You could also call this:

"Keeping kids safe on social media"

Illustration for Social Media (Age-Restricted Users) Bill

This proposed law aims to protect kids from harm on some social media platforms. It wants to make sure these platforms take steps to stop people under 16 from using them. The goal is to reduce the risk of harm to children from these social media platforms.

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This page was last updated on 27 October 2025

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS1536440.

Topics:

Family and relationships > Children and parentingRights and equality > Anti-discrimination

2: Commencement, or

"When the law starts, 6 months after it's agreed to"

4: Interpretation, or

"What special words mean in this law"

Part 1Preliminary provisions

3Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to reduce the risk of harm to children from certain kinds of social media platforms by requiring providers of these platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent persons under 16 years of age from accessing them.