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How Australia is banning under-16s from social media

Australia banned under-16s from the likes of Facebook and TikTok on Wednesday, a world-first move of huge interest to all ...

Australia will start banning kids from social media this week—and Malaysia is getting ready to do the same

Other countries are considering less drastic ways to control teenagers' social media use. On Nov. 30, Singapore said it would ...

Australia bans under-16s from social media in world-first crackdown

Australia banned young teenagers from social media on Wednesday, launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue children from addictive scrolling on the likes of Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

This country banned social media for young teens. Here’s how they’re defying it.

Pulling the plug on the biggest social media apps has broad support in parliament and the public at large. Most kids say they plan by whatever means to skirt it.