Social Media News Big Tech Says Australia Rushed Social Media Ban For Youths Under 16

Australia says the world will follow social media ban as Meta starts blocking teens

By Byron Kaye and James Redmayne SYDNEY, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Australia's internet regulator said a teen social media ban would be the first domino to fall in a global push to rein in Big Tech, as Meta's ... 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

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

Australia’s under-16 social media bans spark global debate

Australia will require major social media platforms to remove all accounts belonging to users under 16 starting December 10, a world-first policy that has drawn sharp objections from YouTube and ... Read More

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

SYDNEY, Dec 2 (Reuters) - 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 ... Read More

How will Meta implement Australia’s looming under-16 social media ban?

Australia-based users under the age of 16 will be banned from Meta’s social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads from December 10. Read More

Analysis-Big Tech Stops Complaining, Starts Complying With Australia's Teen Social Media Ban

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Online platforms will ping Australian teenagers through over a million accounts in coming days offering a choice: download data, freeze profiles or lose the lot when a world-first ... Read More

What happens when you kick millions of teens off social media? Australia’s about to find out

In the next two weeks, social media platforms will start deactivating accounts for children under 16 in Australia under new laws designed to reduce harm online. Other countries are watching, but some ... 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

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