澳大利亚计划禁止16岁以下儿童使用社交媒体
📖 逐句对照翻译
The Australian government recently announced plans to ban the use of social media by children under the age of 16.
澳大利亚政府最近宣布计划禁止16岁以下儿童使用社交媒体。
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, “Social media is doing harm to our kids.”
总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯表示：“社交媒体正在对我们的孩子造成伤害。”
He added that now is the time for the government to intervene.
他补充说，现在是政府介入的时候了。
The country’s Parliament will introduce a new bill during the final two weeks of its meeting starting on November 18.
该国议会将在11月18日开始的会议最后两周提出一项新法案。
The bill will set an age limit of 16 for children to use social media and make the services responsible for enforcement.
该法案将把儿童使用社交媒体的年龄限制设定为16岁，并让这些服务提供商负责执行。
Albanese told reporters that the age limit would take effect 12 months after the bill is passed.
阿尔巴尼斯告诉记者，该年龄限制将在法案通过12个月后生效。
And social media services, including X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook, would need to use the year to work out how to put age controls in place.
而包括X、TikTok、Instagram和Facebook在内的社交媒体服务，则需要利用这一年时间来研究如何落实年龄控制措施。
“I’ve spoken to thousands of parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles. They, like me, are worried sick about the safety of our kids online,” Albanese said.
阿尔巴尼斯表示：“我曾与数千名父母、祖父母、阿姨和叔叔交谈过。他们和我一样，非常担心我们孩子在网上的安全。”
The proposal comes at a time when governments around the world are considering ways to control how young people use smartphones and social media.
该提议提出之际，世界各国政府正考虑如何管控年轻人使用智能手机和社交媒体。
Under the Australian proposal, social media companies would face penalties for violating the age limit.
根据澳大利亚的提案，社交媒体公司若违反年龄限制将面临处罚。
However, under-age children and their parents would not face penalties.
然而，未成年儿童及其父母不会面临处罚。
Antigone Davis is the head of safety at Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.
安提戈涅·戴维斯是Meta的安全主管，该公司旗下拥有Facebook和Instagram。
Davis said the company would respect any age limits the government wants to put in place.
戴维斯表示，公司将尊重政府希望实施的任何年龄限制。
She added that officials need to discuss the ways social media can make the age limit happen.
她补充说，官员们需要讨论社交媒体如何实现这一年龄限制。
She suggested that stronger tools in app stores and computer systems for parents could be a “simple and effective solution.”
她建议，在应用商店和电脑系统中为家长提供更强大的工具，这可能是一个“简单而有效的解决方案”。
X did not immediately answer a request from The Associated Press (AP) for comment.
X未立即回应美联社的置评请求。
TikTok said it would not offer a comment to the AP.
TikTok表示不会向美联社发表评论。
Some groups oppose the age limit
一些团体反对年龄限制
More than 140 experts in fields related to technology and children signed an open letter to Albanese last month opposing a social media age limit.
上个月，超过140位技术与儿童相关领域的专家联名签署了一封致阿尔巴尼斯的公开信，反对设置社交媒体年龄限制。
The letter said a ban would not be an effective way to deal with the risks of social media use.
信中表示，禁止并不是应对社交媒体使用风险的有效方式。
Sunita Bose is a director at the Digital Industry Group in Australia.
苏尼塔·博斯是澳大利亚数字产业集团的董事。
Bose said in a statement, “Rather than blocking access through bans, we need to take a balanced approach to create age-appropriate spaces, build digital literacy and protect young people from online harm.”
Bose在一份声明中表示：“与其通过禁令来限制访问，我们需要采取平衡的方法，创建适合不同年龄的空间，培养数字素养，并保护年轻人免受网络伤害。”
Jackie Hallan is a director at the youth mental health service ReachOut.
杰基·哈兰是青年心理健康服务机构ReachOut的一名主管。
She also opposed the ban.
她也反对这项禁令。
She noted that 73 percent of young people across Australia seeking mental health support get it through social media.
她指出，澳大利亚各地寻求心理健康支持的年轻人中，有73%是通过社交媒体获得的。
She added that young people are likely to find ways to use social media even with a ban in place.
她补充说，即使实施了禁令，年轻人也很可能会找到使用社交媒体的方法。
Child psychologist Philip Tam said it would have been easier to enforce the ban for children under the age of 12 or 13.
儿童心理学家菲利普·谭表示，对12岁或13岁以下的儿童实施这项禁令会更容易。
Tam said, “My real fear honestly is that the problem of social media will simply be driven underground.”
塔姆说：“我真正担心的是，社交媒体的问题会被转入地下。”
Prime Minister Albanese said there would be rules to permit social media use in some situations, such as a need to connect with educational services.
阿尔巴尼斯总理表示，将制定规则，允许在某些情况下使用社交媒体，例如需要连接教育服务时。
Earlier this year, the government began testing age-restriction technologies among a group of users.
今年早些时候，政府开始在一组用户中测试年龄限制技术。
Officials will use the test results to guide what reasonable steps social media services can take.
官员将利用测试结果来指导社交媒体服务可以采取哪些合理措施。
Lawmaker Paul Fletcher said the services already have the technology to enforce such an age ban.
议员保罗·弗莱彻表示，这些服务已经具备执行此类年龄禁令的技术。
He added that if the law for controlling social media use is well written, Australia can get the results it wants.
他补充说，如果控制社交媒体使用的法律制定得当，澳大利亚就能取得它想要的结果。
I'm Jill Robbins.
我是吉尔·罗宾斯。
And I'm Andrew Smith.
我是安德鲁·史密斯。
Rod McGuirk wrote this story for The Associated Press.
罗德·麦吉尔克为美联社撰写了这篇报道。
Andrew Smith adapted it for VOA Learning English.
安德鲁·史密斯为VOA英语学习频道改编了它。
