As Australia rolls out a ban on social media for kids under 16, tech companies face steep fines and teens face life without ...

YouTube will be included in Australia's world-first social media ban for children under 16, after the government ditched a ...

Australia has introduced one of the world’s strictest social media bills banning all users under 16 from accessing platforms ...

World-first legislation will ban under 16s from certain social media platforms in less than four months. This could be a ...

Australia's social media minimum age policy has always been about protecting teens from online harms. In the year since the ...

Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, ...

“It’s clear that social media companies have to be held accountable, which is what Australia is trying to do,” said Jim Steyer, president and CEO of the nonprofit Common Sense Media.

Expert participants had high expectations for the government’s $6.5 million Age Assurance Technology trial. Now, some have quit their advisory roles and others are questioning how seriously to take ...

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, says that around 30 different age-verification technologies are being tested in collaboration with various social media platforms, including ...

Jackie Hallan, a director at the youth mental health service ReachOut, opposed the ban. She said 73% of young people across Australia accessing mental health support did so through social media.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Senate Thursday and will soon become a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok ...