{"id":93291,"date":"2026-08-24T06:46:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=93291"},"modified":"2026-08-24T06:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T06:46:30","slug":"new-zealand-to-introduce-bill-banning-social-media-for-children-under-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/new-zealand-to-introduce-bill-banning-social-media-for-children-under-16\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand to introduce bill banning social media for children under 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA2aNgsz.img?w=768&h=512&m=6\" alt=\"Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and Reddit applications are displayed on a mobile phone ahead of new law banning social media for users under 16 in Australia, in this picture illustration taken on December 9, 2025. REUTERS\/Hollie Adams\/Illustration\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s conservative coalition government will introduce a bill in Parliament on Monday that seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/other\/new-zealand-to-introduce-bill-banning-social-media-for-children-under-16\/ar-AA2aMK2u?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a8be7e65988437fa7bc798df7c975ef&ei=21\">\u00a0Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>New Zealand\u2019s conservative coalition government will introduce a bill in Parliament on Monday that seeks to ban children under 16 from using&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kids-on-phone.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93292,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93291\/revisions\/93292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}