South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas told CNN’s Jake Tapper his country’s world-first social media ban for children under 16 is about protecting them from addictive algorithms, asking: “What’s ...

A host of other restrictions will affect social media use in the coming months. Our research shows teens worry about them – ...

This week, Australia became the first country to ban children aged under 16 from using most social media platforms. Many teenagers in the country are furious about the policy, but for social ...

“Sharenting” – when parents share their children’s lives online – entered the dictionary a few years ago. Awareness of ...

To cheers in some quarters and wails in others, various countries are making parts of the web off limits to minors. Australia ...

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

So tomorrow's the big day, isn't it? And it is, I think, not an overstatement to say that the eyes of the world, well, at ...

Standing Committee on Communications and IT stresses that definition of fake news should maintain the 'delicate balance' ...

Australia’s leading adviser to the Albanese government on Muslim affairs says he supports axing religion from the definition ...

Communications Minister Anika Wells has threatened to expand the under-16 social media ban to networking and content sites if ...

We surveyed Australians under 16 about the federal government’s upcoming social media ban. We asked them questions about ...

In the next two weeks, social media platforms will start deactivating accounts for children under 16 in Australia under new laws designed to reduce harm online. Other countries are watching, but some ...