Australia has enacted a brand-new law that bans social media for younger users. Australia introduced a social media ban on younger users effective December 10, 2025. Millions of teens and tweens woke ...

Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed ...

A world-first ban on major social media platforms for children under the age of 16 goes into effect in Australia on Wednesday ...

Australia has become the first country to ban social media for children under 16. Here’s everything you need to know about ...

The social media accounts of Australians aged under-16 must be deactivated, with companies facing fines for not complying.

Staying in control of their social media lives is difficult enough for many adults, but for children it can be an especially dangerous world in which to dwell. Too often children are glued to their ...

Australia's world-first social media ban is now in effect, but children are migrating to lesser-known platforms outside the restricted list. Here's what parents need to know about these apps.

Blusky took a bold decision and decided to follow Australia's under-16s social media ban, despite not being directly required ...

Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as ...

Australia is making history in digital child protection: with immediate effect, children and young people under the age of 16 are no longer allowed to have their own accounts on many major social ...

Australia has implemented a nationwide ban preventing anyone under 16 from using major social media services, leading ...

TikTok says all accounts used by under-16s will be deactivated on December 10. It says it doesn’t matter which email is used or whose name is on the account – its age verification technology will ...