A law that restricts social media use to people 16 and over goes into effect in December, but much about it remains unclear ...

Proposed techniques for age estimation of social media users include facial analysis or tracking individuals’ online metadata ...

Social media companies like Meta, Snapchat and TikTok will invite a fine of more than $49.5 million if they fail to implement ...

Australia’s online regulator called on the government to reverse its controversial exemption for YouTube from a social media ban for under-16s, an unusual intervention that echoes similar pleas from ...

Just as Australians are adjusting to the idea of having their ages checked for social media, age assurance rules are being ...

Australia plans to ban social media for users under 16, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The ban comes amid a global effort to curb kids' use of social media.

Underage children will not face repercussions if they circumnavigate the federal government’s looming social media ban, with ...

The opposition is calling on Labor to include YouTube in its world-leading social media ban for under 16s. The videostreaming ...

Australia will lead the world when it brings in the ban later this year. A psychologist who briefed the law said there’s only ...

Australia’s incoming social media ban for children under 16 has got people talking this week as more details emerge about the ...

Australia's proposed ban on under-16s using social media is gaining momentum as a government-backed trial indicates age-verification software is viabl ...

Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s moved closer to implementation after a key trial found that checking a user’s age is technologically possible and can be integrated into ...