Australia's pioneering social media ban for under-16s officially came into force on 10 December 2025, removing more than a million children from major platforms. However, rather than simply logging ...

"Delaying children’s access to social media accounts gives them valuable time to learn and grow, free of the powerful, unseen forces of harmful and deceptive design features such as opaque algorithms ...

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

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 ...

Other countries are considering less drastic ways to control teenagers' social media use. On Nov. 30, Singapore said it would ...

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

Australia is the first country in the world to try to tame social media via legislation that puts the onus on technology ...

Australia's new social media law goes into effect on December 10, 2025, and ahead of that date, Apple is sharing information ...

Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on ...

Megan Garcia, a mom who filed a suit against Character AI in a Florida court, said her 14-year-old son, Sewell, was ...

A teen told a Character AI chatbot 55 times that she was feeling suicidal. Her parents say the chatbot never provided resources for her to get help. They are one of at least six families suing the ...

The app “Wizz” has been linked to numerous cases of child sexual abuse, and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation is ...