Australia's eSafety commissioner has unveiled guidelines for social media companies to comply with age restriction laws that will come into effect on 10 December. Here's what we know.

The Australian age restrictions have already proved polarizing, with some experts warning the changes will harm as well as ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities said Tuesday that social media platforms should not demand age verification for all account holders starting from December, when a ban on children ...

Starting on December 10, many Australian teenagers will no longer be as online as their peers in other countries. The Social Media Minimum Age Bill, passed in 2024, stipulates that a person must be at ...

The new legislation — passed Thursday, Nov. 28 — gives platforms including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok a year to begin enforcing the age limit Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

A young girl uses her phone while sitting on a bench in Sydney, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)(Rick Rycroft / AP) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A social media ban for children under 16 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Senate on Thursday and will soon become a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House in Canberra on Feb. 5. Editor at Large The press conference starts like any other: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is grilled ...

From December 10, young teenagers in Australia will be banned, under new legislation, from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok - one of the toughest online crackdowns in the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — How do you remove children from the harms of social media? Politically the answer appears simple in Australia, but practically the solution could be far more difficult. The ...