Australia's banning social media for kids this week. Here's how it's being enforced. Australia's social media ban for children under 16 will come into effect this Wednesday, Dec. 10. Platforms such as ...

Young teenagers in Australia have been barred from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok in one of the toughest crackdowns on digital platforms in the democratic world.

Australia is the first country to take such sweeping action, but many countries, including the United States, are considering ...

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

Kids in Australia are in for an unprecedented change. Beginning Dec. 10, the owners of social media platforms including Instagram and TikTok will be required to take “reasonable steps” to prevent ...

Starting on Dec. 10, 14-year-olds in Australia will theoretically not be able to post on the subreddit r/Im14andthisisdeep, nor on any subreddit at all, because Reddit is going to be placed on the ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has publicly expressed opposition to a blanket ban on social media for kids under 16, but he ...

Reddit is taking the Australian government to court to block its social-media ban for children under the age of 16, saying the ban infringes on their freedom of political discourse. Australia became ...

The national ban is the first of its kind in the world. Australia’s social media ban for children 16 and under officially went into effect at midnight local time on Dec. 10. Many child advocates and ...

A 13-year-old boy displays a message on his mobile phone from social media platform Snapchat after his account was locked for age verification in Sydney on December 9, 2025. A 13-year-old boy displays ...