Under-16s in Australia have been banned from using major social media services including Tiktok, X, Facebook, Instagram, ...

Melbourne, Australia — Technology giant Meta on Thursday began sending thousands of young Australians a two-week warning to downland their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, ...

A 13-year-old boy displays a message on his mobile phone from social media platform Snapchat after his account was locked for age verification in Sydney on December 9, 2025. A 13-year-old boy displays ...

SYDNEY, June 20 (Reuters) - Some age-checking applications collect too much data and no product works 100% of the time, but using software to enforce a teenage social media ban can work in Australia, ...

Australia’s prime minister claims the ban will give parents peace of mind — but critics argue it will make the internet less safe for kids. Australia’s prime minister claims the ban will give parents ...

It’s August, and a show of hands in an auditorium filled with 300 students at All Saints Anglican School in Australia shows that few of the Grade 9 and 10 students sitting in plush red seats had heard ...

(Bloomberg) -- Young teenagers in Australia have been barred from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok in one of the toughest crackdowns on digital platforms in the democratic ...

The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation. By Victoria Kim Reporting from Sydney, Australia A ...