Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed a groundbreaking social media ban for children under 16 as families ...

See the details of Australia's first social media ban and how it works. The ban went into law on Dec. 10, 2025.

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Australia has become the world’s first country to ban social media for children under 16 years old, but the unparalleled law ...

More than 1 million social media accounts held by users under 16 are set to be deactivated in Australia in a divisive ...

The social media accounts of Australians aged under-16 must be deactivated, with companies facing fines for not complying.

Staying in control of their social media lives is difficult enough for many adults, but for children it can be an especially dangerous world in which to dwell. Too often children are glued to their ...

Australia is leading the way as it has become the world's first country to ban children under the age of 16 from using social media. But the move hasn't come without controversy.

Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as ...

Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube and Twitch face fines of up to $32.9 million if they fail to take reasonable steps to remove the accounts of Australian ...

One year after the government banned cellphones from schools to help students focus and reduce distractions in class, we’re beginning to see how it has been implemented and how successful it’s been.

Australia's world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers ...