Australia has passed a sweeping social media ban for children under the age of 16 in what will soon become a world-first law. The ban is aimed at safeguarding young people from the dangers posed ...

So said Australia's prime minister today ... the American Psychological Association on the matter agreed that a total ban was "not an effective solution". More than 140 Australian and ...

In a submission to Australia’s department of communications, the Chinese-owned platform wrote with contempt about the design of looming regulation that will ban under-16s from most social media.

Australia’s plan to exempt YouTube from a world-leading teen social media ban is “illogical” and a “mockery”, rival tech giants Meta and TikTok said Wednesday. Prime Minister Anthony ...

SYDNEY : Tech giants Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, Snapchat and TikTok have urged Australia to reconsider ... YouTube stands to be exempted from the ban set to take effect by ...

CNN: "Well, a world first in Australia..." CBC: "Australia has now done something that no other country has been able to do." DW: ..."banning under 16 year olds from using social media" It's the ...

are urging Australia to reconsider the exemption of YouTube, an online video sharing platform owned by Alphabet Inc.'s GOOG GOOGL Google, from its ban on social media access for users under 16.