Australia's Voice leader and former Labor senator Fatima Payman has called on the federal government to be transparent about ...

Communications Minister Anika Wells has refused to reveal which TikTok-aligned lobbyists met her staff at a secret introductory meeting and whether they pressured Labor to ban YouTube for kids.

Australia to ban TikTok, Instagram, and X for under 16s. “Social media is doing harm to our kids and I’m calling time on it,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

A social media ban for children under 16 will be the first law in the world to levy fines on TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram for allowing youth accounts.

Australians reacted with a mixture of anger and relief to a social media ban on children under 16 that the government says is world-leading, but which tech giants like TikTok argue could push ...

US TikTok Ban In the U.S., efforts to restrict access to social media have mostly been centered on TikTok , which has been targeted by both the Trump and Biden administrations as well as several ...

The short form video platform has canvassed prospective candidates to lead its local policy operation in Australia, as part ...

Australia will lead the world when it brings in the ban later this year. A psychologist who briefed the law said there’s only ...

However, if a TikTok ban actually holds up in the US long-term and 170 million users are suddenly removed, it seems likely that the way we use the app will change significantly. Tags: tiktok ...

Late last month, the Land Down Under passed ground-breaking legislation to outright ban social media for anyone under 16. The new rules toss TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X, and Instagram ...