Australia's Social Media Ban for Under-16s Begins: Which Apps Are Hit and Who Escaped the Crackdown?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has already described the ban as a success because it has prompted families to discuss social ...

How teens are slipping past the Australia social media ban using dog photos and fake ages on streaming platforms?

Australia has introduced a new law to protect children under sixteen from social media. However, teenagers are already finding ways to bypass age checks. Some use fake birth dates, while others have ...

Obscure messaging apps soar on app store as teens evade Albanese government’s social media ban

Obscure messaging apps have surged to the top of Apple’s App Store as teenagers seek ways to circumvent the Albanese ...

Australia's social media ban for users under 16 starts now

Eyes around the world are turned to Australia as its world-first ban on social media for users under age 16 takes effect. The ...

Australia's social media ban for kids under 16 goes into effect

Australia’s social media ban for children 16 and under officially went into effect at midnight local time on Dec. 10.

Will Australia’s social media ban for under-16s be a success? It's unlikely, and here’s why

Australia is doing what no other democracy has done so far. Starting tomorrow (December 10), all those under the age of 16 ...
The Manila Times

X-VPN Offers Privacy Option as Australia’s Social Media Ban Raises ID Concerns

TikTok, Reddit and other platforms will soon require age checks. X-VPN helps adults minimise data exposure, without going ...

Australia's banning social media for kids this week. Here's how it's being enforced.

The ban impacts platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Snapchat, and even YouTube.

Discord is force-restarting itself on Windows 11 to stop eating your RAM

Discord users who return to their Windows 11 PCs to find that the app has restarted should know this behavior isn't a glitch. It's a temporary ...
Daily Mirror

Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in world first

Australia has enacted a world-first ban on social media for users aged under 16, causing millions of children and teenagers ...

‘How are we going to stay in contact?’ Teens wake to a social media-free world

Everyone under 16 is now forbidden from using social media platforms. Will it mean less screen time – or creative ways to get around the law?

Australia is banning young teens from social media. Could it happen in the US?

A world-first ban on major social media platforms for children under the age of 16 goes into effect in Australia on Wednesday. And regulators, parents and teenagers around the globe are watching ...