Australia has passed a new law that bans social media for children under age 16, citing harms to young people’s mental health ...
Tech companies are urging Australia's government to delay its proposed social media ban for under-16s amid criticism that the ...
Australia's full legislature has now passed a bill that will soon ban children under the age of 16 from using most social ...
Global tech giants including Meta, TikTok and Google have heavily criticized Australian legislation to ban children under 16 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Australia’s parliament has passed a law banning social media for children under 16, putting tech companies on notice to ...
Australia will become the first country in the world to outlaw social media use among under-16s. Children will no longer be ...
The ban will give social media companies one year to determine how to best implement the age limit and prevent teens and ...
A social media ban for children under 16 will be the first law in the world to levy fines on TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, ...
The main goal behind the under-16 social media ban is to shield future generations from toxic online content. Although it ...