Children under the age of 16 have just been booted from social media platforms in a world-first attempt to safeguard them ...

Australia has become the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access to platforms including ...

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

Only time will tell whether Australia’s bold, world-first experiment will succeed. Despite this, it has set off a global ...

The ban may keep some children out, but it does nothing to fix the harmful architecture awaiting them when they return.

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SYDNEY - Australia at midnight became the first country in the world to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and Meta's Instagram ...

While governments around the world continue to tackle the thorny issue of age verification for certain websites and platforms, Australia is taking a blunter approach. Starting today, the entire ...

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A ban on social media for under-16s in Australia comes into effect on December 10 2025. Young people will see their accounts ...