MELBOURNE, Australia — A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament on Friday in a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, ...

Under a controversial new law, which comes into force in Australia at the end of 2025, children under 16 will not be permitted to hold an account on social media platforms such as Facebook, X, ...

SYDNEY, Australia — Australia moved closer on Wednesday to banning social media for children under 16 after the lower house of Parliament passed a bill even as Alphabet’s Google and Facebook owner ...

Child safety and wellbeing is never far from the headlines, and no more so than recently, with shocking allegations of child sexual abuse in childcare centres. These revelations have sparked ...

Many kids are scared of getting needles, and this can stop them getting vaccinations that protect that against the flu. Less than one in four Australian children were vaccinated against influenza in ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian government announced on Thursday what it described as world-leading legislation that would institute an age limit of 16 years for children to start using social ...

Australia just passed the world’s toughest social media ban, blocking kids 16 and under from surfing platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat — and threatening to punish the companies if they ...