Under-16s in Australia have been banned from using major social media services including Tiktok, X, Facebook, Instagram, ...

Guardian Australia's poll to crown Australia's favourite children's picture book has officially begun, and Grandma Poss (AKA Matilda Boseley) is here to walk you through the voting process ...

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 media, and hold ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government announced YouTube will be among the social media platforms that must ensure account holders are at least 16-years-old from December, reversing a ...

Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia ...

Hugo Winwood-Smith (from left), Hardy Macpherson and Edan Abou, all 11 years old, use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Rick Rycroft / AP MELBOURNE, ...

Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive ...

Australia says millions of underage social media accounts were shut down in the first month after a sweeping new ban on users ...

The ban, a world-first, has been applauded by families looking to take back power from tech giants. But questions remain about its enforceability. MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister ...

The third annual Australian Children’s Content Summit is slated to return on August 25, with an expanded four-day run time through August 28. Presented by SLR Productions with the Australian ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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 ...