Australia boots kids under 16 off social media: how platforms are responding

Australia is joining a wave of governments around the globe in regulating how kids spend their time online. On December 10th, ...

Australia’s Social Media Ban for People Under 16 Takes Effect

The measure is one of the most sweeping efforts in the world to safeguard children from the harms of the platforms.

Millions of Australian children just lost access to social media. What’s happening and will it work?

Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed ...

Australia’s social media ban is now in force. Other countries are closely watching what happens

Only time will tell whether Australia’s bold, world-first experiment will succeed. Despite this, it has set off a global ...