Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that criticism by Elon Musk of Australia's social media ban on children under 16 was the X owner pushing an agenda for the social platform, while indicating he was open to talk to the billionaire about the ban,

Anthony Albanese has dashed criticism of tech billionaire Elon Musk as the government works to implement its social media age ban for teens under 16 years of age.

Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that criticism by Elon Musk of Australia’s social media ban on children under 16 was the X owner pushing an agenda

Elon Musk last month said Australia's new law banning under-16s from joining social media was a "backdoor way" to control "access to the internet." Musk is the owner of X, formerly Twitter, and close to Donald Trump.