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The TikTok ban was set for Dec. 16. It didn't happen, and here's why

The clock is still ticking for TikTok. You've probably noticed certain videos posted to the popular social media site were counting down to Dec. 16 -- Tuesday this week. That was the date TikTok users ... Read More

Australia’s Social Media Ban is Coming Fast: Meta, TikTok, Snap Preparing to Block All Users Under 16

Meta, TikTok, and Snap are preparing to comply with Australia’s law to block all users under 16 or face a fine. Instagram owner Meta, TikTok owner ByteDance, and Snapchat owner Snap confirmed they ... Read More

Australian content creators feel sting of losing young fans to social media ban

Australian content creators are reporting drops in followers and views a day after the country imposed a sweeping teen social media ban, posing risks for incomes and forcing rethinks of content ... Read More

Australia social media ban set to take effect, sparking a global crackdown

Australia is set to become the first country to implement a minimum age for social media use on Wednesday, with platforms like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube forced to block more than a million ... Read More

Australia’s social media ban leaves a 15-year-old worried about losing touch with friends

Before Parliament passed the ban last year, more than 140 Australian and international academics with expertise in fields related to technology and child welfare signed an open letter to Prime ... Read More

Meta and TikTok to obey Australia under-16 social media ban

Tech giants Meta and TikTok said Tuesday they will obey Australia's under-16 social media ban but warned the landmark laws could prove difficult to enforce. Australia will from December 10 force ... Read More

Meta, TikTok and Snap say they oppose Australia's youth social media ban but will comply with it

SYDNEY, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Instagram owner Meta (META.O), opens new tab and other social media firms said on Tuesday they will comply with a ban on users under the age of 16, adding that they will ... Read More

A World Without TikTok? Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Raises Big Questions

Australia is about to make history in a big, controversial way. This month, as Reuters reports, the government will enforce a new law that bans children under 16 from owning or using accounts on major ... Read More

How Will Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids Under 16 Actually Work?

From Dec. 10, young teenagers in Australia will be banned, under new legislation, from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok — in one of the toughest online crackdowns in the ... Read More