Australia approved on Thursday a social media ban for children aged under 16 after an emotive debate that has gripped the nation, setting a benchmark for jurisdictions around the world with one of ...

Australia's eSafety Commissioner, the country's top internet regulator. NPR spoke with Grant about what led to the social media ban, what enforcement looks like and how her agency plans to address ...

Six months have passed since Australia's 'world-first' social media minimum age law was passed. Only now are we going to hear the nitty-gritty of what tech companies will need to do.

Australia has passed a sweeping social media ban for children under the age of 16 in what will soon become a world-first law. The ban is aimed at safeguarding young people from the dangers posed ...

The state of South Australia, which includes Adelaide, has been the most active in the matter and recently proposed rules that would force social media companies to ban children under 13 from ...

TikTok is pushing the app’s benefits for teens into as many faces as it can as the under-16 social media ban looms at the end ...

Sugarman compares the Australian ban to American Prohibition ... friction that raises the question of whether Australia can even enforce social media age restrictions. While potential $31 million ...

SYDNEY -- Jackson, a 14-year-old high school student in Sydney, usually spends around three hours a day scrolling through his ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said he would push for European Union regulation to ban social media for children under the ...

The report said what it termed "problematic" social media use was on the rise, with a direct link between heavy internet use ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has joined other European and North American leaders in a call for age verification ...

The National government is proposing a ban on those under 16 using social media. New Zealand has followed Australia by proposing a bill that, if passed, would ban those under 16 years old from using ...