新西兰在呼吁保护青少年不受有害网络内容侵害时, 面临禁止16岁以下人士使用社交媒体的辩论。 New Zealand faces debate over banning social media for under-16s amid calls to protect youth from harmful online content.

专家们敦促新西兰在网上加强青少年保护, 研究显示97%的年轻人每天使用多个数字平台, Experts urge New Zealand to strengthen youth protections online, citing research showing 97% of young people use multiple digital platforms daily, exposing them to harmful marketing and addictive design. 它们强调了毛利人和弱势青年面临的不成比例的风险,呼吁禁止有害广告、平台问责制和基于权利的数字重新设计。 They highlight disproportionate risks for Māori and disadvantaged youth, calling for bans on harmful ads, platform accountability, and rights-based digital redesign. Meta否认有意设计Instagram具有上瘾性, 而在Luxon总理及执政党反对下, 提议禁止16岁以下人士使用社交媒体, Meta denies intentionally designing Instagram to be addictive, while a proposed ban on social media for under-16s faces debate, with support from Prime Minister Luxon and opposition from the Act Party, which instead pushes laws against deepfake nude images.