What to know about Australia’s social media ban for kids under 16

The landmark law—the first of its kind in the world—kicked in on Wednesday.
Townsville Bulletin

The Advertiser staffs’ teenage children react to world-first social media ban

Within hours of taking effect, Australian children had already found loopholes in the world-first social media ban, despite hopes it would curb online distractions. The world-first legislation, ...
The Sanford Herald

Australia bans under-16s from social media in world-first crackdown

Australia banned under-16s from social media in a world-first crackdown on Wednesday, declaring it was time to "take back ...

Australia is banning young teens from social media. Could it happen in the US?

A world-first ban on major social media platforms for children under the age of 16 goes into effect in Australia on Wednesday ...
East Idaho News

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

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

This country banned social media for young teens. Most don’t plan to comply.

Pulling the plug on the biggest social media apps has broad support in parliament and the public at large. Most kids say they plan by whatever means to skirt it.