Australia advances a social media ban for minors under 16, targeting big tech firms like Meta and TikTok. The government-backed trial results pave the way for the law to take effect by the end of the ...

Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s moved closer to implementation after a key trial found that checking a user’s age is technologically possible and can be integrated into existing ...

More control for parents, but no social media ban. Meta supports ideas for an EU-wide "digital age of majority".

Australia’s bid for a world-first under-16 social media ban hits early resistance as YouTube and the eSafety Commissioner ...

A carve-out for the video platform will be axed after the eSafety commissioner found it was the most likely place for ...

Australia seeks to become the first country to fine social media firms if they fail to block users aged under 16.

Inman Grant has now advised the government to remove this exemption because of the harm young people can experience on ...

Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, has recently urged the federal government to reconsider its proposed ...

Technologies to enforce the Australian government's social media ban for under 16s are "private, robust and effective." ...

Australia's internet watchdog and YouTube exchanged barbs on Tuesday after the regulator urged the government to reverse a ...

Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s moved closer to implementation after a key trial found that checking a user’s age is technologically possible and can be integrated into ...

The results of the government-backed trial clear the way for the law to come into force by the end of the year. The findings ...