Under-16s in Australia have been banned from using major social media services including Tiktok, X, Facebook, Instagram, ...
Australia says millions of underage social media accounts were shut down in the first month after a sweeping new ban on users ...
Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia ...
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Social media platforms have disabled, deleted or restricted more than 4. 7 million accounts since Australia banned under-16s ...
LOS ANGELES -- Imagine telling your teenage child that he or she couldn't use social media anymore. As terrifying as that sounds, Australia is doing it and many say the U.S. should do the same.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from ...
To comply with Australia's under-16 social media ban, Meta said on Medium that it has shut down nearly 550,00 accounts. That ...
Children in Australia under the age of 16 are now legally prevented from using 10 social media apps. This is the first law of its kind in the world. Australian officials admit implementation would be ...