Under-16s in Australia have been banned from using major social media services including Tiktok, X, Facebook, Instagram, ...

Australia's decision to ban social media use for children under 16 has become one of the most consequential digital policy ...

Relief, frustration and a surge in fake birthdays: inside Australia’s social media ban for under-16s - As social media age ...

A global surge in social media legislation has massive implications ...

Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian ​teenagers just a ...

Australia says millions of underage social media accounts were shut down in the first month after a sweeping new ban on users ...

Roughly two decades after social media started growing in popularity, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory in 2023 ...

Social media giants have deactivated approximately 4.7 million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers within the first month of a landmark national ban taking effect.

The ban stems from amendments to the Online Safety Act 2021, which established a minimum age of 16 for users of social media. Rather than naming specific platforms, the law defines “age-restricted ...

The academic in charge of a huge study into the impact of Australia ’s under-16s social media ban has urged the UK government to wait for evidence before repeating the move. Calls to prevent British ...

Australia's pioneering move to ban social media accounts for those under 16 has led to the deactivation of nearly five million accounts. This legislation is inspiring similar actions globally. While ...

India, Jan. 25 -- Nobel Peace Laureate winner Kailash Satyarthi on Saturday favoured regulation of social media, including ...