Australia says the world will follow social media ban as Meta starts blocking teens

Australia's internet regulator said a teen social media ban would be the first domino to fall in a global push to rein in Big ...

A short social media detox improves mental health, a study shows. Here's how to do it

Young adults who took just a one-week break from social media showed improvement in depression, anxiety and insomnia symptoms ...
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Social Media Ban:Instagram,Facebook started shutting down accounts for under-16s

Meta has started closing down social media accounts of Australian children under 16.Although the ban is due for next week—i.e ...

What we know about international students and the teen social media ban

As Meta starts enforcing the social media ban, uncertainty grows over how the rules may affect young visitors and ...

'I don't know how I'm going to cope': Next week, one of the world's toughest social media bans will come into force

Emma Mason has campaigned for Australia's under-16s ban on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and other platforms since her daughter ...

Social Media

The company’s new social media app allows users to create short videos with audio from text prompts and insert themselves in AI-generated scenes. The Google subsidiary is the final Big Tech company to ...
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

How social media use impacts teen body image

Social media usage among teens is more prevalent than ever before. In recent years, researchers have begun investigating how ...

Australia to enforce social media age limit of 16 next week with fines up to $33 million

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Social media platforms must report monthly how many children’s accounts they close once Australia ...

Australia wants to end the era of kids on social media with international ban hailed as 'first domino' in global movement

If Meta, Google, and others can't figure out how to block accounts of users under 16 years old, they'll be fined $33 million ...