Banning children under 16 from using social media. On the surface it sounds fine but as you dig deeper, things get murky.

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 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament on Friday in a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook ...

Australian lawmakers on Thursday approved a landmark ban on social media for children under 16, in some of the world’s ...

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.

Video-sharing app TikTok fired its first post-election shot at the federal government last week, paying tens of thousands of dollars for four-and-a-half pages of advertising in the Nine-owned ...

Unless you work in public policy, you may not be aware of the many discussions happening about protecting Australian kids on ...

Social media companies say that bullying has always ... Sugarman compares the Australian ban to American Prohibition in the 1920s, which some studies suggest actually increased alcohol consumption ...

There is no doubt social media presents risks to young people. These include cyberbullying, posts related to disordered eating or self-harm, hate speech, and the basic risk of spending long hours ...

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 ...

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