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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. Reporter Kids in Australia ...

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 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and teaches parents, students and teachers how to manage screentime. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is ...

(Bloomberg) -- For years, governments have relied largely on platform-led safety tools to manage children’s use of social media. That approach has come under growing scrutiny. As evidence of harm has ...

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Susan Sawyer of the University of Melbourne about Australia's new ban on social media for children under 16. It goes into effect next week. Next week, Australia is ...

It’s August, and a show of hands in an auditorium filled with 300 students at All Saints Anglican School in Australia shows that few of the Grade 9 and 10 students sitting in plush red seats had heard ...