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Platform fighting world-leading ban on grounds it contravenes implied freedom of political communication in constitutionWill Australia’s social media ban survive a high court challenge?Reddit has filed a challenge against Australia’s under-16s social m…
Governments are studying the decision to prohibit youths from using platforms like Facebook and TikTok as worries grow about the potential harm they cause.
Some warn proposal will decimate US tourism industry as free speech advocates say it will lead to people self-censoringFree speech advocates have accused Donald Trump of “shredding civil liberties” and “censorship pure and simple” after the White House…
Figures for England and Wales show there were 51,672 offences for child sexual exploitation and abuse online in 2024Online child sexual abuse in England and Wales has surged by a quarter within a year, figures show, prompting police to call for social…
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of countries not currently required to get a visa to visit the US, including Britain and FranceTourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trum…
Downing Street publishes list including ex-Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies and Iceland supermarket chief Richard Walker Reeves is now being asked about the leak to the Financial Times on 13 November saying that Reeves had dropped plans to raise income t…
From a live blog on the BBC to cautious reaction in the New York Times, here’s how the world’s media covered the banThe BBC blogged about it, News Corp boasted about it and the New York Times questioned its effectiveness.Australia’s world-first laws st…
Even visitors from countries like Britain and France, whose citizens don’t need visas, would have to share five years’ worth of social media.
The measure, which affects anyone under 16, is one of the most sweeping efforts in the world to safeguard young people from the potential harms of the platforms.
Australia has imposed one of the world’s most comprehensive measures banning social media for children under 16. This is what several young Australian teens think about the ban, which takes effect on Wednesday.