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 is testing technologies to enforce a social media ban for under-16s. Despite positive preliminary findings, many Australians have privacy concerns. Face-scanning trials reveal significant ...

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

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

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

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

Australia's internet regulator and Google's YouTube are in disagreement. The disagreement is over a proposed exemption for ...

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

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 ...