澳大利亚取消了对科技公司错误信息进行罚款的计划，但推动了对 16 岁以下青少年的社交媒体禁令。 Australia scraps plan to fine tech firms for misinformation but pushes forward with social media ban for under-16s.

澳大利亚已决定放弃对技术公司进行罚款的计划,因为由于参议院的强烈反对,这些公司未能控制不实信息。 Australia has decided to drop plans to fine tech companies for failing to control misinformation, due to significant opposition in the Senate. 拟议法案旨在处以不超过公司年收入5%的罚款。 The proposed bill aimed to impose fines of up to 5% of a company's annual revenue. 尽管如此, 澳大利亚仍在推行一项新的法律, 禁止16岁以下儿童进入社交媒体, 对不遵守法律的公司可能处以超过3000万美元的罚款。 Despite this, Australia is still pushing ahead with a new law to ban children under 16 from social media, with potential fines of over $30 million for companies that don't comply.