Proposed techniques for age estimation of social media users include facial analysis or tracking individuals’ online metadata ...

Social media companies like Meta, Snapchat and TikTok will invite a fine of more than $49.5 million if they fail to implement ...

A law that restricts social media use to people 16 and over goes into effect in December, but much about it remains unclear ...

Just as Australians are adjusting to the idea of having their ages checked for social media, age assurance rules are being ...

Australia’s incoming social media ban for children under 16 has got people talking this week as more details emerge about the world-leading policy.

Australia plans to ban social media for users under 16, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The ban comes amid a global effort to curb kids' use of social media.

Underage children will not face repercussions if they circumnavigate the federal government’s looming social media ban, with ...

Australia will lead the world when it brings in the ban later this year. A psychologist who briefed the law said there’s only ...

Google has put its Australian YouTubers on notice: a hike in the minimum age to access social media could hurt your channel ...

Australia's proposed ban on under-16s using social media is gaining momentum as a government-backed trial indicates age-verification software is viabl ...

The Albanese Government will overturn its decision to exempt YouTube from Australia’s upcoming under-16s social media ban, following firm advice from eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant that the ...

The federal government will consider backflipping on a special exemption it handed YouTube from the social media age ban after the eSafety Commissioner labelled it “inconsistent”.