Children across Australia will wake 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 ...

Australia at midnight (1300 GMT) on Wednesday became the first country in the world to ban social media for children under 16 ...

Australia has introduced a world-first social media ban for children under 16, starting Wednesday. Riley Allen, a 15-year-old ...

More than 1 million social media accounts held by users under 16 are set to be deactivated in Australia in a divisive ...

"Delaying children’s access to social media accounts gives them valuable time to learn and grow, free of the powerful, unseen ...

The social media ban for children under 16 kicks in very soon. How well your child adjusts depends in part on how you handle ...

Australia on Wednesday will become the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from ...

When Stephen Scheeler became Facebook's Australia chief in the early 2010s, he was a true believer in the power of the ...

Will the ban be delayed or postponed, and how will age verification work? Here’s everything you need to know ...

Months accused ban critics of being paid off by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up sponsorship deals, eyeing global ...

Australia is going where no country has gone before, and many countries around the world are watching. On Wednesday, Australia institutes a social media ban for anyone under the age of 16.

Various governments, from the state of Utah to the European Union, have been experimenting with limiting children's use of ...