Social Media News A Social Media Ban For Under 16s Passes The Australian Senate And Will Soon Be A World First Law

YouTube says it will comply with Australia's teen social media ban

This is a disappointing update to share. This law will not fulfill its promise to make kids safer online and will, in fact, make Australian kids less safe on YouTube,” the company said in a statement. Read More

What you need to know about Australia's social media ban for under-16s

Australian teenagers under 16 are set to face a world-first social media ban from 10 December. The legislation has left tech platforms such as TikTok and Meta scrambling to figure out how to implement ... Read More

Australia's teen social media ban unofficially begins today. Here's what you need to know

A fter more than a year of planning and global scrutiny, the teen social media ban is finally a reality for more than 20 million Australian residents. While the law officially kicks in on December 10, ... Read More

Australian teen challenging social media ban says internet will be less safe

A teenager suing the Australian government to overturn a ban on social media for under-16s says the measure would make the internet more dangerous for young people and be widely circumvented. Read More

Reactions to Australia's new law banning social media for children under 16

SYDNEY, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday approved a social media ban for children aged under 16 after an emotive debate that gripped the nation, setting a benchmark for jurisdictions around ... Read More

Instagram to start closing Australian teen accounts ahead of social media ban

Younger Australian teenagers on Instagram, Facebook and Threads are being told their accounts will be shut down ahead of the country's social media ban for under-16s. Meta, which owns the three brands ... Read More

Australia’s social media ban is “problematic,” but platforms will comply anyway

Social media platforms have agreed to comply with Australia’s social media ban for users under 16 years old, begrudgingly embracing the world’s most restrictive online child safety law. On Tuesday, ... 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

Australia prohibits Kick and Reddit from under-16s in a sweeping social media ban

TL;DR: Australia's eSafety Commission expands its social media ban to restrict users under 16 from Reddit and Kick, joining platforms like TikTok and Instagram. Enforced by December 10, non-compliance ... Read More

Meta, TikTok and Snap Say They Oppose Australia's Youth Social Media Ban but Will Comply With It

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Instagram owner Meta 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 start deactivating accounts once the ... Read More