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Australia Social Media Ban Takes Effect in World 1st

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

Australia's banning social media for kids this week. Here's how it's being enforced. 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' accounts to comply with the new law.

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Australia has banned social media for kids under 16. How does it work?

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How Apple is Helping Apps Comply With Australia's Social Media Ban for Kids

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Australia’s social media ban has begun. Here are four ways to stay connected

If you and your friends are under 16, you might be locked out of the social media spaces you use every day.

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From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media access

RTE Online · 6h

Australia social media ban for under 16s takes effect

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The countdown to the world’s first social media ban for children

“Disconnecting teens from their friends and family doesn’t make them safer — it may push them to less safe, less private messaging apps,” Snap said in a statement.

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World watches as one million social media accounts go dark

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Australia banned social media for under-16s. Could Denmark do the same?

NDTV

Explained: How Australia's Social Media Ban For Kids Under 16 Will Work

Australia's social media law aims to protect children from toxic elements of social media like bullying. From December 10, young teenagers in Australia will be banned, under new legislation, from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and ...

TechCrunch

As Australia bans social media for kids under 16, age-assurance tech is in the spotlight

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 media use for people under 16 in Australia. The law ...

Mashable

Australia to ban social media for kids under 16

Australia is set to ban social media for kids under 16, in a stated attempt to minimise "harms that are being caused to young people" through the platforms. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the measures on Thursday, after a decision by his ...