澳大利亚联邦通信部长阿妮卡·威尔斯被《时代》杂志评为“全球最具影响力的新兴人物”之一，这得益于她在推动澳大利亚实施针对16岁以下儿童的社交媒体禁令以及与大型科技公司抗争方面所做出的努力。
The federal communications minister, Anika Wells, has been named as one of Time magazine’s “world’s most influential rising stars” in recognition of her work on Australia’s under-16 social media ban and taking on big tech companies.
澳大利亚去年实施的这项针对儿童的严格社交媒体限制措施引起了国际社会的广泛关注；欧洲、亚洲的许多政府以及美国的一些州也纷纷采纳或提出了类似的限制措施。
Australia’s world-leading restrictions on social media for children, which came into force last year, have garnered international attention, with governments across Europe and Asia, and in some American states, enacting or proposing similar measures.
威尔斯入选《时代》杂志“塑造未来领袖”（Time100）榜单，进一步体现了澳大利亚政府在监管大型科技公司方面所取得的成就。然而，关于这项禁令的实际效果以及社交媒体公司和澳大利亚监管机构在执行该禁令过程中的表现，仍存在诸多争议和质疑。
Wells’ inclusion on the Time100 list of “leaders who are shaping the future” is the latest recognition of the Australian government’s efforts to regulate big tech – but comes amidst ongoing questions about the effectiveness of the ban and how it is being enforced by social media companies and Australian regulators.
与威尔斯一同入选该榜单的，还有前工党总理朱莉娅·吉拉德撰写的推荐信。在信中，吉拉德称赞威尔斯“推动了具有全球领先意义的改革，旨在保护青少年免受社交媒体的负面影响”。
Wells was named alongside a testimonial written by former Labor prime minister, Julia Gillard, who praised the communications minister for having “championed world-leading reforms to protect young people from the harms of social media”.
吉拉德写道：“在全球都在努力应对社交媒体的强大影响力及其日益普遍的作用时，阿妮卡·威尔斯已成为推动重新定义科技与儿童福祉之间关系这一全球性运动中的重要代表人物。”
“As the world grapples with the extraordinary power of social media and the increasingly pervasive role it plays, Anika Wells has emerged as one of the most significant voices in a growing global movement to reframe the relationship between technology and the well-being of our children,” Gillard wrote.
“尽管遭到一些全球最大科技公司的强烈反对，她依然坚持自己的立场……未来的子孙会将她的这些开创性改革视为勇敢且具有里程碑意义的举动。”
“Even in the face of intense opposition from some of the world’s largest tech companies, she remains steadfast… Future generations will look back on her landmark changes as courageous and trail-blazing.”
对于自己被列入该名单一事，同时担任体育部长的威尔斯在接受《卫报澳大利亚》采访时说：“在布里斯班，我们知道州政府的胜利是整个团队共同努力的结果，而不是某一个个人的功劳。”目前，威尔斯正在致力于制定一项全球领先的数字责任框架，作为更广泛的在线安全改革计划的一部分。该框架将允许社交媒体账户所有者选择退出那些会将危险或具有分裂性内容推送到用户信息流中的算法系统；不过，这一举措也引发了大型科技公司和政治对手的强烈反对。
Responding to her inclusion, Wells – who is also the minister for sport – told Guardian Australia: “In Brisbane we know premierships are won by the whole team, not one player.”Wells is now working on a world-leading digital duty of care framework, as part of broader online safety reforms. The changes would allow social media account holders to opt out of the algorithms pushing dangerous and divisive content into users’ feeds, which is also generating backlash from big tech companies and political opponents.
影子通信部长莎拉·亨德森在一份声明中表示：“澳大利亚人评判部长们的标准不是他们是否出现在光鲜的杂志 上，而是他们的实际行动。”她再次批评了这项社交媒体禁令，并指出该禁令已经“失败”；同时，她还指责这项禁令赋予了政府“过度严格的权力，可以控制澳大利亚人在网上说什么、看到什么”。
Sarah Henderson, the shadow communications minister, said in a statement: “Australians don’t judge ministers by glossy magazine lists, they judge them by their actions”. She repeated criticisms of the social media ban, which she claimed had “failed”, as well as “draconian powers to control what Australians say and see online”.
被列入该名单的还包括音乐人Sombr和PinkPantheress、足球运动员Folarin Balogun、美国参议员安迪·金（Andy Kim）、荷兰首相罗布·杰滕（Rob Jetten），以及唐纳德·特朗普的政治顾问詹姆斯·布莱尔（James Blair）。
Also named on the list are the musicians Sombr and PinkPantheress, the soccer player Folarin Balogun, the US senator Andy Kim, the Dutch prime minister Rob Jetten, and Donald Trump’s political advisor James Blair.
澳大利亚音乐人Troye Sivan也入选了“具有影响力的新兴明星”名单，她的推荐语由凯莉·米洛（Kylie Minogue）撰写。
Australian musician Troye Sivan was also included on the “influential rising stars” list, with a testimonial written by Kylie Minogue.