Australia’s House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban children younger than 16 years from social media.

The House has yet to endorse opposition amendments made in the Senate. But that is a formality since the government has ...

The Australian Senate is debating a ban on children younger than 16 from social media after the House of Representatives ...

A digital rights advocate said Wednesday she had been "appalled' by the Australian government's social media ban legislation ...

A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Senate Thursday and will soon become a world-first law.

The world's first social media ban for children under 16 was hailed Australia's Prime Minister, but critics said it does ...

The legislation would impose fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) on platforms for systemic failures to ...

Australian communications minister says the government won’t force social media users to hand over personal information to ...

An advocate for major social media platforms has told Australia's Parliament that a plan to ban children younger than 16 from ...

The law would fine social media platforms like TikTok, Facebook, X, and Instagram for failing to stop children younger than ...

The ban will give social media companies one year to determine how to best implement the age limit and prevent teens and ...