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Australia Wants to Bar Children From Social Media. Can It Succeed?
A law that restricts social media use to people 16 and over goes into effect in December, but much about it remains unclear ...
Australia's under-16 social media ban divides kids, parents
A new Australian law taking effect in December aims to safeguard vulnerable youth from online harms by prohibiting social ...
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Why Australia’s Extreme Social Media Ban Sparked Outrage
The curious minds at ColdFusion explain why Australia’s aggressive social media ban has sparked international outrage.
Australian government prepares assault on privacy for under-16s social media ban
Proposed techniques for age estimation of social media users include facial analysis or tracking individuals’ online metadata ...
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Australia’s social media ban: Real solution or wrong move?
By the end of 2025, the Australia social media ban for under-16s will come into effect. What led to this drastic measure, and will it be successful in its goal?
Australia gears up to impose social media ban on teens. What Britain, Norway and EU nations are doing
Social media companies like Meta, Snapchat and TikTok will invite a fine of more than $49.5 million if they fail to implement ...
Social media ban for children is ‘destined to fail’ unless parents address their own smart phone addiction, pyschologist warns
Australia will lead the world when it brings in the ban later this year. A psychologist who briefed the law said there’s only ...
Underage Aussie kids won’t be punished if they access social media under incoming ban
Underage children will not face repercussions if they circumnavigate the federal government’s looming social media ban, with ...
Including YouTube in social media ban ‘logical’, opposition says
The opposition is calling on Labor to include YouTube in its world-leading social media ban for under 16s. The videostreaming ...
Australia is quietly introducing 'unprecedented' age checks for search engines like Google
At the end of June, Australia quietly introduced rules forcing companies such as Google and Microsoft to check the ages of ...
Technology to enforce teen social media ban is ‘effective’, trial says. But this is at odds with other evidence
The trial’s project director, Tony Allen, said “there are no significant technological barriers” to assuring people’s ages online. He added the solutions are “technically feasible, can be integrated ...
Age verification is coming to search engines in Australia
Australia’s search engines are about to have age restrictions similar to the ones in effect for Porn Hub in the UK. Starting ...