MELBOURNE, Australia — A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament on Friday in a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook ...

“Social media is doing harm to our kids and ... a child under 16 to access social media. Earlier this year, the government began a trial of age-restriciton technologies. Australia’s eSafety ...

A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Senate Thursday ... Digital Industry Group Inc., an advocate for the platforms in Australia, said questions remain about the ...

Video-sharing app TikTok fired its first post-election shot at the federal government last week, paying tens of thousands of ...

Matt Cardy/Getty A new law in Australia is attempting to keep children safe on social media. On Thursday, Nov. 28, Australian lawmakers passed a social media ban for kids under 16 — one of the ...

The issue has gained international attention, especially after Australia announced plans to require a minimum age of 16 for creating accounts on major social media platforms later this year ...

Worried about cyberbullying and harmful content, New Zealand’s PM is pushing for a ban modelled on the one Australia is ...

The Australian Labor politician who sparked the country's social media ban has admitted young people will find a way around ...

A push in Texas to ban children under 18 years old from social media platforms has failed at the state Capitol.

From Australia’s under-16s ban to Malaysia’s licensing demands, the region is blazing a trail to protect young users from ...

National MP Catherine Wedd has put a member’s bill into the ballot to ban social media for under-16s, based on the ban recently passed in Australia. Act does not support the bil ...

The government says it will start investigating how to reduce harm to young people with potential new rules about social media access. Watch the prime minister speak about the plan here.