Australia is set to implement a ban preventing children under 16 from accessing social media platforms like Facebook and ...

MELBOURNE, Australia--A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament on Friday in a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat ...

The state’s ‘response to a societal worry that children might be harmed if they are allowed to access adult-only sections ...

Australians reacted on Friday with a mixture of anger and relief to a social media ban on children under 16 that the government ... corners of the internet". Australia approved the social media ...

Australian parliament passed landmark legislation in Novemeber banning social media platforms from allowing users under 16 to ...

Australia's government, schools and parents are trying out new rules and technology to prepare for a social media ban ...

[1] Australia will ban children from using social media and set the minimum age requirement ... said his preference would be to block users under 16. [3] “I want to see kids off their devices ...

Australia introduces social media ban for children under 16 Social media platforms have one year to develop systems to verify users' ages before the new regulations take effect. Testing of ...

Australia recently moved to ban children under 16 from using social media, after its parliament approved the world’s strictest laws. The ban is yet to take effect, and how it will work is still ...