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That's my major concern as an Australian.
I don't think there's any real attempt to protect kids, it's more about identifying all users on the internet
It definitely is, otherwise they could just mandate phone makers institute and effective blocking system in all phones, and then legally enforce that the program be activated on phones bought for minors. They would never have to know any private information, as the phone companies and parents could be held responsible for implementing the system. Plus forcing the companies to develop it themselves prevents fear of having some kind of government controlled blocker that could be abused
kids could still use social media on computers and tablets, and there's no way to stop phones being hand-me-downed or ensure adults don't just buy phones for their kids as 'adult' phones.
By that logic theres no way to stop parents from buying their kid alcohol either, however we still have laws against it… kid gets caught drinking underage, then parent gets in trouble. Its not a novel idea of enforcement
I'm just saying that embedding software restrictions on phones known to be bought for under 16s isn't going to be especially effective at stopping them from popping up on social media. It would have some impact, but not substantial.