Australia has passed a new law that bans social media for children under age 16, citing harms to young people’s mental health ...
The landmark Social Media Minimum Age bill sets Australia up as a test case for a growing number of governments.
The platforms will have one year to work out how they could implement the ban before penalties are enforced. Meta ... in Australia, said questions remain about the law’s impact on children, its ...
Australia's full legislature has now passed a bill that will soon ban children under the age of 16 from using most social ...
Australia will become the first country in the world to outlaw social media use among under-16s. Children will no longer be ...
From late 2025, platforms including Meta's (META.O) Instagram, Elon Musk's X, TikTok and Snapchat (SNAP.N) must show ...
A social media ban for children under 16 will be the first law in the world to levy fines on TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, ...
The ban will give social media companies one year to determine how to best implement the age limit and prevent teens and ...
Australia has declared a ban on social media for children under 16 years old. Will this ban harm the industry?
Australia’s parliament has passed a law banning social media for children under 16, putting tech companies on notice to ...
Global tech giants including Meta, TikTok and Google have heavily criticized Australian legislation to ban children under 16 ...
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