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 ...

The centre-left Labor government of Anthony Albanese has previously said it would give YouTube a waiver, citing the ...

Age assurance can be done in Australia and can be private, robust and effective,” the government-commissioned Age Assurance ...

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

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 ...

Meta has announced its support for new EU rules requiring stricter age verification for children accessing social media. This ...

Some age-checking applications collect too much data and no product works 100% of the time, but using software to enforce a ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -When 13-year-old Jasmine Elkin tried out the age-checking software Australia might use to ban children and teenagers from social media, she was surprised some products could identify ...

Research showed Google-owned YouTube was the biggest source of harm for young Australians. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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

Australia Social Media Ban: 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 also potentially allow other jurisdictions ...