One of the world's toughest social-media crackdowns took a week to become law, after a lawmaker's wife read Jonathan Haidt.

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Australia's new social media law targets under 16s, igniting debates on privacy, enforcement, and its broader societal ...

Social media companies argue Australia’s under-16 ban undermines business models reliant on unrestricted, frictionless user ...

Canberra is sounding the alarm: Social media usage has been linked to a host of horrible outcomes for youth and something ...

Experts weigh the pros and cons of the Australian government’s decision and whether a similar move can succeed in the Indian ...

Readers’ letters on what critics of the age limit fail to consider, the case for not tinkering with the RBA, why South ...

Banning children under 16 from using social media. On the surface it sounds fine but as you dig deeper, things get murky.

Australia recently announced its decision to ban all social media platforms for children under the age of 16. The Australian ...

Ultimately, no matter which technology is deployed, it remains to be seen how many Australians will be happy to identify ...

A new law in Australia is poised to ban social media platforms from offering profiles to teens 16 and under, but some experts ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament on Friday in a world-first law.