Australia Social Media Ban: Who Does the New Law Affect?

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 ...

Australia's Social Media Ban for Under-16s Begins: Which Apps Are Hit and Who Escaped the Crackdown?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has already described the ban as a success because it has prompted families to discuss social ...

Millions of children just lost access to social media. What’s happening and will it work?

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

Australian social media ban: when does it start, how will it work and what apps are being banned for under-16s?

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

As of today, under-16s banned from social media

Australia may be first to ban under-16s from social media but it’s far from the only government demanding age verification: ...
Information Age

Australia's under-16s social media ban begins

There have been kid-free cruises and kid-free hotels for decades, but now social media is joining the trend – with under-16 ...

Australia boots kids under 16 off social media: how platforms are responding

Australia is joining a wave of governments around the globe in regulating how kids spend their time online. On December 10th, ...
Bluewin

Australia's social media ban for all under 16 in force

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 ...
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Meta Starts Removing Under-16S From Social Media In Australia

Meta Starts Removing Under-16S From Social Media In Australia . Tech giant Meta said on Thursday it is starting to remove ...

Senator who backs social media ban says she was a victim of a catfishing attempt in high school

As the social media ban for teens looms, the parliament's most recent senator reveals she knows firsthand the dangers that ...
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Chrome and Edge extensions went rogue and hit 4M+ devices

Malicious Chrome and Edge extensions that once looked harmless have quietly turned into a sprawling spyware operation, ...