Bill, and 10 social media platforms — including TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube — are now banned for kids under 16.

"Australia's new restrictions will not solve all negative effects associated with social media," one expert told Newsweek.

Australia’s social media ban for children 16 and under officially went into effect at midnight local time on Dec. 10.

With the world's first social media ban​ for children and teenagers under 16 now in effect in Australia, its initial ...

“Sharenting” – when parents share their children’s lives online – entered the dictionary a few years ago. Awareness of ...

Starting Dec. 10, Australia will be the first country to ban social media for kids under 16. Here's why, and if it could ever happen in the U.S.

"Delaying children’s access to social media accounts gives them valuable time to learn and grow, free of the powerful, unseen forces of harmful and deceptive design features such as opaque algorithms ...

Researchers will study the effects of the policy on young people’s mental health, social interactions and political ...

Australia now bans social media for children and teens under 16. The world-first nationwide legislation went into effect on December 10.

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

Before Parliament passed the ban last year, more than 140 Australian and international academics with expertise in fields ...

A generation growing up with algorithmic feeds is not suffering “brain damage,” but their attention, emotions and habits are being shaped in powerful ways. For many families, the first smartphone or ...