20 hours ago - Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under‑16s took effect, the country's internet regulator said on Friday, a sign the ...

1 day ago - More than 4.7m social media accounts held by Australians who platforms have judged to be under 16 years of age were deactivated, removed or restricted in the first days after the ban came into effect on 10 December, the prime minister has said.

19 hours ago - Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian ​teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under-16s took effect, the country's internet regulator said on Friday, a sign the ...

1 day ago - Australia blocked teens from using social media in December in a new regulation. ... There's particular interest among U.K. politicians. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told MPs on Monday that he's alarmed at childrens' screen time and called for ...

5 days ago - Meta has deactivated more than half a million accounts for teenagers across Facebook, Instagram and Threads as a result of Australia’s under-16s social media ban, the company has announced.

2 days ago - Meta highlighted that many Australian teens are circumventing its new social media ban by using alternative platforms such as Yope and Lemon8.

9 hours ago - As the UK government faces pressure to follow suit, evidence on whether the ban is working is still a while away. Fri 16 Jan 2026 05.06 ESTLast modified on Fri 16 Jan 2026 05.54 EST ... More than 4.7m accounts for teens under 16 have been been taken offline by Australia’s social media ban, but that doesn’t mean it’s been successful.

1 day ago - Hide message bar · 5:56 Experts weigh in on Australia’s youth social media ban · Australia has become the first country to impose a sweeping social media ban for youth, sparking global debate, including here in Canada.

1 day ago - Governments around the world are watching the rollout of the landmark law, which made it illegal for those under 16 to have accounts.

9 hours ago - 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 by those under 16, officials said.

5 days ago - More than 500,000 Australian children have been kicked off Facebook and Instagram by Meta to comply with the country's social media ban for under-16s. The social media giant says it removed 330,000 users from Instagram, 173,000 from Facebook ...

5 days ago - In December, a new law began requiring that the world's most popular social media sites - including Instagram and Facebook - stop Australians aged under 16 from having accounts on their platforms.

16 hours ago - Ten platforms are included in Australia's world-first social media ban for under 16s.

Twins Carlee Jade and Hayden Clements, 15, are among potentially millions of Australians included in a law that bans social media for those under 16. (Image credit: Simone Clements) Published 2026-01-07 06:00 · Taylor Katzel · Associate Producer ...

Apps like Messenger Kids, WhatsApp, Kids Helpline, Google Classroom and YouTube Kids are expected to not be part of the ban. Social media platforms are offering a number of options to work out your age, including estimating your age based on ...