Australia has banned social media for kids under 16. How does it work?

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

Inside Australia’s total ban on under 16s using social media as Starmer seeks advice on UK app clampdown

SIR Keir Starmer has spoken to Australian PM Anthony Albanese about his country’s social media ban for under-16s. Our Prime ...
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How Australia’s teens are dodging the social media ban

At a time when technology has invaded our lives, Australia is now running the world’s biggest real-life experiment that seeks ...

Australians Are Sharing How The Teen Social Media Ban Is Actually Affecting Kids, And It Sounds Like It's Been...Interesting, To Say The Least

"My mate said his 13-year-old daughter was the only one in her 20-plus friend group to get banned from Snapchat. It took them one day to find a workaround." ...

The forensic psychiatrist working with Victoria’s young offenders: ‘when you know their origins, you wonder how they’ve survived at all’

Adam Deacon’s early-intervention program, which has received $27m in government funding, seeks to prevent offending by understanding the child behind the behaviour ...
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Excellence recognised: Ten Greek Australians receive Australia Day 2026 Honours

Greek Australians feature prominently in the Australia Day 2026 Honours List, with awards spanning medicine, law, emergency ...
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Australia declares child social media ban victory as 4.7m accounts closed

The figures are the first to show the scale of the landmark ban since it was enacted in December.

One month in, Australian teens react to social media ban

Australia’s social media ban for kids and teens under 16 went into effect on Dec. 10. Two teen influencers react to the new law after a month.
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Is Australia’s teen social media ban working? We don’t know now, but we will soon

The Albanese government is celebrating that 4.7 million social media accounts purported to belong to children under the age ...

Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children

Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia.

‘I’m terrified’ - Australian parents in debt and ‘going backwards’ to pay for kids’ back-to-school expenses

Almost 60 per cent of Australian families are being plunged into hundreds of dollars of debt to meet rising back-to-school ...