Australia approved on Thursday a social media ban for children aged under 16 after an emotive debate that has gripped the nation, setting a benchmark for jurisdictions around the world with one of ...

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 ...

Six months have passed since Australia's 'world-first' social media minimum age law was passed. Only now are we going to hear the nitty-gritty of what tech companies will need to do.

Sugarman compares the Australian ban to American Prohibition ... friction that raises the question of whether Australia can even enforce social media age restrictions. While potential $31 million ...

TikTok is pushing the app’s benefits for teens into as many faces as it can as the under-16 social media ban looms at the end of this year.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he would push for European Union regulation to ban social media for children under the ...

The report said what it termed "problematic" social media use was on the rise, with a direct link between heavy internet use ...

SYDNEY -- Jackson, a 14-year-old high school student in Sydney, usually spends around three hours a day scrolling through his ...

The Albanese Government's proposed social media ban for children under 16 will fail unless mums and dads step up.

French President Emmanuel Macron has joined other European and North American leaders in a call for age verification ...

The National government is proposing a ban on those under 16 using social media. New Zealand has followed Australia by proposing a bill that, if passed, would ban those under 16 years old from using ...

An entire generation has grown up online with little regulation of their digital world, but this week, there has been a sudden surge of political concern about teenagers - and a bid to ban social ...