Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as Australia’s under-16 social media ban kicks in Wednesday. The new law, which was ...

Kids in Australia are in for an unprecedented change. Beginning Dec. 10, the owners of social media platforms including Instagram and TikTok will be required to take “reasonable steps” to prevent ...

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 ...

Australia becomes the first democracy to ban social media for under-16s starting December 10, with tech firms facing fines up to $32 million for noncompliance. Policymakers from Brazil to Denmark are ...

If you are parenting in 2025, you will eventually reach the inevitable conundrum of when to let your child get a phone, and what exactly that phone will be able to do, including social media. It’s a ...