Global tech giants including Meta, TikTok and Google have heavily criticized Australian legislation to ban children under 16 ...
Most tech giants have said they will comply with the ban as the government has imposed a fine of up to $50m if they fail to ...
As Thailand's youth advocate for similar bans on under-16s, Malaysia and Singapore ramp up their own efforts to combat online ...
Australia has passed the world's first ban on social media use by children under 16 years old, a law that could hurt ...
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 ...
Last year, France passed legislation that requires children under 15 to get a parent’s permission before getting a social ...
The landmark Social Media Minimum Age bill sets Australia up as a test case for a growing number of governments.
Meta, the parent company of Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, has expressed concerns over the approval of a new bill in ...
The main goal behind the under-16 social media ban is to shield future generations from toxic online content. Although it ...
A social media ban for children under 16 will be the first law in the world to levy fines on TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, ...