Career-networking site LinkedIn has told Australian lawmakers it is too dull for kids to warrant its inclusion in a proposed ban on social media for under 16 year olds.

“LinkedIn simply does not have content fascinating and appealing to minors,” the Microsoft-owned business said in a submission to an Australian senate committee.

The Australian government has said it will introduce “globe-leading” legislation to stop children accessing social media platforms.

But companies behind some of the most popular platforms with youthful people – Meta, Google, Snapchat-owner Snap Inc and TikTok – have all challenged the planned law in submissions made to lawmakers.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said the proposed law is to address the damage social media was inflicting on Australian children.

He said it was for “the mums and dads” who like him were “worried ill about the safety of our kids online.”

Other countries are closely watching what happens with the legislation with some – including the UK – saying they are open to following suit.

Australia’s Senate surroundings and Communications Legislation Committee gave respondents one day to comment on the invoice, which would amend its existing Online Safety Act.

Its update to the Senate concludes the invoice should pass – providing its recommendations, such as engaging youthful people in the legislation’s implementation, are considered.

However, in their responses, the globe’s biggest tech firms have been setting out why they are unhappy with the proposed law.

Google – which owns YouTube – and Instagram-parent Meta have said they needed more period to consider the legislation.

Meta said its current form “will fall short to achieve its objective of reducing the burden on parents to manage the safety of youthful people on social media”.

It also claimed it “ignores the evidence” presented by kid safety and mental health experts – a view shared by Snapchat in its own submission.

X (formerly Twitter), meanwhile questioned the legality of the invoice’s proposals.

TikTok Australia said it had “significant concerns” with the invoice as proposed.

Like other platforms commenting on the legislation, it said it “hinges” on an ongoing age assurance trial looking at technologies that can effectively check user age.

Ella Woods-Joyce, director of community policy for TikTok Australia and recent Zealand, wrote in the business’s submission that the invoice’s “rushed passage poses a solemn uncertainty of further unintended consequences”.

But LinkedIn has adopted a different way – arguing in its submission that is a platform which is simply not of any earnings to children.

Its minimum age requirement of 16 means they cannot access it, the business said, adding it removes kid accounts when found.

If LinkedIn can successfully debate it should not be included in the legislation it will potentially avoid the expense and disruption involved it introducing additional age verification processes to the site.

“Subjecting LinkedIn’s platform to regulation under the proposed legislation would make unnecessary barriers and costs for LinkedIn’s members in Australia to undertake age assurance,” it said.

The Australian government has said it wants to bring in the legislation before the complete of the parliamentary year.

But experts have said the invoice’s timeframe and current composition fails to provide an chance for adequate scrutiny.

Carly benevolent, the country’s privacy commissioner, said in a LinkedIn post on Monday after appearing at a community Senate hearing that she was concerned by “the widespread privacy implications of a social media ban”.

Human rights commissioner Lorraine Findlay called the one-day window for submissions of responses to the legislation “entirely inadequate” in a LinkedIn post on Thursday.

“We require actual consultation, not just the appearance of it,” she said.

Nonetheless, the Australian government’s plans have sparked earnings elsewhere.

In the UK, the technology secretary, Peter Kyle, told the BBC this month that similar legislation was “on the table.”

France has already introduced legislation requiring social media platforms to block access to children under 15 without parental consent- though research indicates almost half of users were able to circumvent the ban using a straightforward VPN.