Australia becomes 1st country to ban social media under 16
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Australia has banned children under 16 from major social media platforms. This law aims to protect young users from online harms and mental health issues. Tech companies are adapting with new age verification methods.
Australia's new law requires social media companies to bar young teenagers from opening accounts. US Senators are trying to do something similar.
Australia banned young teenagers from social media on Wednesday, launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue children from addictive scrolling on the likes of Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
The singer debuted her hit single in 2010, years before the social media platform launched Kesha/Instagram; Dan Kitwood/Getty Kesha is poking fun at the upcoming TikTok ban. Following the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the TikTok ban to go into effect ...