Social Media News A Social Media Ban In Australia For Children Under 16 Is First In The World

Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed a groundbreaking social media ban for children under 16 as families taking back power from tech giants. Read More

Australia's social media ban for kids under 16 goes into effect

Australia’s social media ban for children 16 and under officially went into effect at midnight local time on Dec. 10. Read More

Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban

Australia on Wednesday became the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access to platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and Meta's Instagram and Facebook. Read More

Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Takes Effect

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

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 to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and ... Read More

Starting Today, Social Media Is Banned for Australian Kids Under 16

Bill, and 10 social media platforms — including TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube — are now banned for kids under 16. Read More

Australia to begin enforcing social media law banning children under 16 from major platforms

Australia enforces one of the strictest social media age bans starting December 10, prohibiting anyone under 16 from having accounts on major platforms. Read More

Australia launches youth social media ban it says will be the world's 'first domino'

More than 1 million social media accounts held by users under 16 are set to be deactivated in Australia in a divisive world-first ban that is being closely watched elsewhere. Read More

Australia enforces world-first social media ban for children, orders platforms to delete under-16 accounts

Australia has introduced a first-of-its-kind ban on social media access for users under 16, forcing millions of children and teenagers to lose access to their accounts. Read More

From today, Australian teens and children under 16 can't sign up to Twitch and 9 other social media platforms, as world-first ban takes effect

A new social media ban takes effect in Australia from today, preventing—or in theory, preventing—teenagers and children under 16 years of age from holding accounts on 10 popular platforms. These ... Read More

Australia launches world's first social media ban for children under 16

Australia is implementing the world's first comprehensive social media ban for children under 16, with more than one million accounts set to be deactivated on Wednesday. Read More

What to Know About Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids Under 16

Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as Australia’s under-16 social media ban kicks in Wednesday. Read More