(Bloomberg) -- Young teenagers in Australia have been barred from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok in one of the toughest crackdowns on digital platforms in the democratic ...

Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as Australia’s under-16 social media ban kicks in Wednesday. The new law, which was ...

Australia's social media ban for children under 16 will come into effect this Wednesday, Dec. 10. Platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube have already begun disabling users' ...

The new legislation — passed Thursday, Nov. 28 — gives platforms including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok a year to begin enforcing the age limit Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

Starting Dec. 10, Australia is the first country to ban social media for kids under 16. It's up to social media companies − including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, YouTube and others ...

Ramy Inocencio is a CBS News foreign correspondent based in London, covering Europe and the Middle East. He joined the Network in 2019 as CBS News' Asia correspondent, based in Beijing and reporting ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and teaches parents, students and teachers how to manage screentime. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is ...

Age assurance, an umbrella term that refers to technologies for verifying, estimating, or inferring an internet user’s age, is being thrust into the global spotlight thanks to a blanket ban on social ...

Australia’s prime minister claims the ban will give parents peace of mind — but critics argue it will make the internet less safe for kids. Australia’s prime minister claims the ban will give parents ...

Under-16s in Australia have been banned from using major social media services including Tiktok, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads. They cannot set up new accounts and their ...

The national ban is the first of its kind in the world. Australia’s social media ban for children 16 and under officially went into effect at midnight local time on Dec. 10. Many child advocates and ...

such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok in one of the toughest crackdowns on digital platforms in the democratic world. The new legislation, passed by parliament in 2024 and enforced from Dec 10, aims ...