<p>悉尼，3 月 31 日（路透社）- 澳大利亚周二威胁起诉社交媒体巨头，指控其违反禁止 16 岁以下用户的禁令，因为其互联网监管机构披露正在调查一些最大的平台，怀疑其未遵守这一全球首创的措施。</p>
<p>在禁令生效三个月后，电子安全专员表示正在调查 Meta 的 Instagram 和 Facebook、谷歌的 YouTube、Snapchat 和 TikTok 是否可能违反法律。</p>
<p>通讯部长安妮卡·威尔斯表示，政府正在收集证据，以便电子安全专员能够向联邦法院提起诉讼并胜诉。</p>
<p>威尔斯在堪培拉对记者表示：“我们在夏季建立了所有故事的证据基础，毫无疑问你们都听说过……关于孩子们如何绕过这一点。”</p>
<p>全球各国政府正在关注澳大利亚限制科技巨头的举措，许多国家正在考虑类似的监管措施，以保护儿童免受社交媒体相关的欺凌和身体羞辱等伤害。</p>
<p>这一法律威胁是政府语气的显著变化，此前政府在禁令于 12 月生效时曾称赞科技巨头的合作表现。</p>
<p>在早期声称这些公司已停用 470 万个可疑的未成年账户后，政府面临着关于青少年规避限制或在未被询问年龄的情况下保持账户的每日头条新闻。</p>
<p>Meta 和 Snap 表示他们致力于遵守禁令，Meta 的一位发言人补充说，政府自己对年龄验证技术的试验发现了 16 岁年龄界限的 “自然误差范围”。</p>
<p>TikTok 拒绝置评，而谷歌的一位发言人则未能立即提供评论。</p>
<p>根据澳大利亚法律，平台必须证明他们采取了合理措施以防止未成年用户，否则将面临每次违规高达 4950 万澳元（3400 万美元）的罚款，电子安全机构需要在民事法庭上追究此事。</p>
<p>执法立场</p>
<p>监管机构此前表示，只有在系统性不合规的情况下才会采取执法行动。</p>
<p>但在禁令生效后的首次全面合规报告中，电子安全机构表示平台采取的措施不达标，并将在年中之前决定下一步行动。</p>
<p>电子安全专员朱莉·因曼·格兰特在一份声明中表示：“我们现在正转向执法立场。”</p>
<p>监管机构报告了重大合规差距，包括平台要求之前声明年龄在 16 岁以下的儿童进行新的年龄检查，允许儿童多次尝试年龄验证测试，直到结果超过 16 岁，以及人们报告未成年账户的渠道不畅。</p>
<p>一些平台没有使用年龄推断技术，该技术根据某人的在线活动估计年龄，而有些平台仅在用户尝试更改年龄后使用基于照片的年龄验证措施，而不是在注册时使用。</p>
<p>这使得 “许多澳大利亚 16 岁以下的儿童能够通过简单声明自己 16 岁或以上在年龄受限的社交媒体平台上创建账户”，监管机构表示。</p>
<p>近三分之一的父母报告称，他们的 16 岁以下孩子在禁令生效后至少有一个社交媒体账户，其中三分之二表示该平台没有询问孩子的年龄。</p>
<p>（1 美元 = 1.4592 澳元）</p>
<p>（报道：拜伦·凯；编辑：斯蒂芬·科茨）</p>

<p>悉尼，3 月 31 日（路透社）- 澳大利亚周二威胁起诉社交媒体巨头，指控其违反禁止 16 岁以下用户的禁令，因为其互联网监管机构披露正在调查一些最大的社交平台，怀疑其未遵守这一全球首创的措施</p>

<p>SYDNEY, March 31 (Reuters) - Australia threatened on Tuesday to sue social media giants for allegedly flouting a ban on under-16s, as its internet regulator disclosed it is investigating some of the biggest platforms for suspected non-compliance with the world-first measure.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>悉尼，3 月 31 日（路透社）- 澳大利亚周二威胁起诉社交媒体巨头，指控其违反禁止 16 岁以下用户的禁令，因为其互联网监管机构披露正在调查一些最大的平台，怀疑其未遵守这一全球首创的措施。</p>
</div><p>Three months after the ban came into effect, the eSafety Commissioner said it was probing Meta's Instagram and Facebook, Google's YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok for possible breaches of the law.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在禁令生效三个月后，电子安全专员表示正在调查 Meta 的 Instagram 和 Facebook、谷歌的 YouTube、Snapchat 和 TikTok 是否可能违反法律。</p>
</div><p>Communications Minister Anika Wells said the government was gathering evidence &#34;so that the eSafety Commissioner can go to the Federal Court and win&#34;.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>通讯部长安妮卡·威尔斯表示，政府正在收集证据，以便电子安全专员能够向联邦法院提起诉讼并胜诉。</p>
</div><p>&#34;We have spent the summer building that evidence base of all the stories that no doubt you have all heard ... about how kids are getting around that,&#34; Wells told reporters in Canberra.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>威尔斯在堪培拉对记者表示：“我们在夏季建立了所有故事的证据基础，毫无疑问你们都听说过……关于孩子们如何绕过这一点。”</p>
</div><p>Governments around the world are watching Australia's moves to rein in the tech giants, with many considering similar regulation to protect children from harms including bullying and body-shaming associated with social media.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>全球各国政府正在关注澳大利亚限制科技巨头的举措，许多国家正在考虑类似的监管措施，以保护儿童免受社交媒体相关的欺凌和身体羞辱等伤害。</p>
</div><p>The legal threat is a striking change of tone from a government which had hailed tech giants' shows of cooperation when the ban went live in December.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这一法律威胁是政府语气的显著变化，此前政府在禁令于 12 月生效时曾称赞科技巨头的合作表现。</p>
</div><p>After an early claim the companies had deactivated 4.7 million suspected underage accounts, the government has faced daily headlines of teenagers evading restrictions or simply keeping their accounts without being asked their age.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>在早期声称这些公司已停用 470 万个可疑的未成年账户后，政府面临着关于青少年规避限制或在未被询问年龄的情况下保持账户的每日头条新闻。</p>
</div><p>Meta and Snap said they were committed to complying with the ban, and a Meta spokesperson added the government's own trial of age-assurance technology found &#34;natural error margins&#34; around the 16 age cutoff.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Meta 和 Snap 表示他们致力于遵守禁令，Meta 的一位发言人补充说，政府自己对年龄验证技术的试验发现了 16 岁年龄界限的 “自然误差范围”。</p>
</div><p>TikTok declined to comment while a Google spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>TikTok 拒绝置评，而谷歌的一位发言人则未能立即提供评论。</p>
</div><p>Under the Australian law, platforms must show they are taking reasonable steps to keep out underage users or face fines of up to A$49.5 million ($34 million) per breach, something eSafety would need to pursue in a civil court.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>根据澳大利亚法律，平台必须证明他们采取了合理措施以防止未成年用户，否则将面临每次违规高达 4950 万澳元（3400 万美元）的罚款，电子安全机构需要在民事法庭上追究此事。</p>
</div><p>ENFORCEMENT STANCE</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>执法立场</p>
</div><p>The regulator previously said it would only take enforcement action in cases of systemic noncompliance.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>监管机构此前表示，只有在系统性不合规的情况下才会采取执法行动。</p>
</div><p>But in its first comprehensive compliance report since the ban took effect, eSafety said measures taken by the platforms were substandard and it would make a decision about next steps by mid-year.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>但在禁令生效后的首次全面合规报告中，电子安全机构表示平台采取的措施不达标，并将在年中之前决定下一步行动。</p>
</div><p>&#34;We are now moving into an enforcement stance,&#34; said commissioner Julie Inman Grant in a statement.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>电子安全专员朱莉·因曼·格兰特在一份声明中表示：“我们现在正转向执法立场。”</p>
</div><p>The regulator reported major compliance gaps, including platforms prompting children who had previously declared ages under 16 to do fresh age checks, allowing repeated attempts at age-assurance tests until a child got a result over 16 and poor pathways for people to report underage accounts.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>监管机构报告了重大合规差距，包括平台要求之前声明年龄在 16 岁以下的儿童进行新的年龄检查，允许儿童多次尝试年龄验证测试，直到结果超过 16 岁，以及人们报告未成年账户的渠道不畅。</p>
</div><p>Some platforms did not use age-inference, which estimates age based on someone's online activity, and some only used age-assurance measures like photo-based checks after a user tried to change their age, rather than at sign-up.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>一些平台没有使用年龄推断技术，该技术根据某人的在线活动估计年龄，而有些平台仅在用户尝试更改年龄后使用基于照片的年龄验证措施，而不是在注册时使用。</p>
</div><p>That made it &#34;likely many Australian children aged under 16 have been able to create accounts on age-restricted social media platforms by simply declaring they are 16 or older&#34;, the regulator said.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这使得 “许多澳大利亚 16 岁以下的儿童能够通过简单声明自己 16 岁或以上在年龄受限的社交媒体平台上创建账户”，监管机构表示。</p>
</div><p>Nearly one-third of parents reported their under-16 child had at least one social media account after the ban took effect, of which two-thirds said the platform had not asked the child's age, it added.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>近三分之一的父母报告称，他们的 16 岁以下孩子在禁令生效后至少有一个社交媒体账户，其中三分之二表示该平台没有询问孩子的年龄。</p>
</div><p>($1 = 1.4592 Australian dollars)</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>（1 美元 = 1.4592 澳元）</p>
</div><p>(Reporting by Byron Kaye; Editing by Stephen Coates)</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>（报道：拜伦·凯；编辑：斯蒂芬·科茨）</p>
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澳大利亚准备对社交媒体提起诉讼，指控其违反针对青少年的禁令