The Australian government's plan to ban children from social media to protect them from harm has won almost universal ...

If the legislation is passed, social media platforms including X, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook would have one year to work ...

Children in Australia under the age of 16 will be banned from social media as part of a push to protect young people’s mental health, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, with firms involved required ...

Social media hasn't exactly been a net positive for kids and teens. Organisations, such as The Anxious Generation, have observed typical childhood becoming subsumed into the screen-based domain of ...

The Government of Australia is proposing a legislation to ban social media for all teenage users. At the moment the National Cabinet has approved 16 as the minimum age to use social media.

But parental consent would not entitle a child under 16 to access social media. Earlier this year, the government began a trial of age-restriciton technologies. Australia’s eSafety Commissioner ...

"Social media is doing harm to our kids, and I'm calling time on it." So said Australia's prime minister ... More than 40% in that age bracket said seeing posts of other people at social events ...

(Bloomberg) -- Children in Australia under the age of 16 will be banned from social media as part of a push to protect young people’s mental health, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said ...

But parental consent would not entitle a child under 16 to access social media. Earlier this year, the government began a trial of age-restriciton technologies. Australia’s eSafety Commissioner ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Thursday what he called a "world-leading" plan to implement a social media ... age verification should happen on the app store. And we think ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Children in Australia under the age of 16 will be banned from social media as part of a push to protect young people’s mental health, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said ...