Australia’s social media ban for children 16 and under officially went into effect at midnight local time on Dec. 10.

Young teenagers in Australia have been barred from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok in one of ...

Australia's groundbreaking social media ban for children under 16, aimed at combating cyberbullying and harmful content, sets ...

The ban impacts platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Snapchat, and even YouTube.

Australia's new social media law goes into effect on December 10, 2025, and ahead of that date, Apple is sharing information ...

Age assurance, an umbrella term that refers to technologies for verifying, estimating, or inferring an internet user’s age, is being thrust into the global spotlight thanks to a blanket ban on social ...

SYDNEY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Australia has launched a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign that depicts its world-first ban on social media for teenagers as "for the good of our kids" ahead of its ...

The road to hell is paved with good intentions — and so is the path to a potential surveillance state. After losing its high-profile case in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last ...

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and a Fellow of the Association for Information Science and ...

The landmark law—the first of its kind in the world—kicked in on Wednesday.

Australia's social media law aims to protect children from toxic elements of social media like bullying. From December 10, young teenagers in Australia will be banned, under new legislation, from ...

Australia is set to ban social media for kids under 16, in a stated attempt to minimise "harms that are being caused to young people" through the platforms. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced ...