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Meta’s US settlement raises new questions in Australia

Meta’s move to restrict teenagers’ use of social media in the US demonstrates that the companies have tools to better protect young people online, Australian regulators said on Thursday,...

Meta to pay $25bn to settle lawsuits on social media addiction

27 August 2026 | by Diana Novak Jones

Meta Platforms will pay up to US$18 billion ($25 billion) over the next decade and strictly limit how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram under an agreement with nearly all...

Meta’s landmark US trial on child online addiction begins

19 August 2026 | by Diana Novak Jones

Meta Platforms rejected accusations by US states that it intentionally sought to addict children to its Facebook and Instagram platforms in pursuit of profit, at the start of a...

Meta purges another 200k teen accounts as crackdown looms

13 August 2026 | by Justin Hendry

Meta has taken down a further 200,000 accounts suspected of belonging to Australians under 16 and promised more action, as it stares down regulatory action and higher fines for...

Most Aussie teens still on social media after ban, study finds

31 July 2026 | by Christine Chen and Byron Kaye

More than 8 in 10 Australian teenagers were still using social media three months after the government’s landmark ban on the platforms for under-16s took effect because the tech...

Health firms breached Privacy Act with online tracking

24 June 2026 | by David Allen

Two healthcare services breached privacy laws handing over “incredibly intimate details” of millions of people accessing their websites to Meta, TikTok and Google for years, the privacy commissioner has...

Meta accuses Australia of breaching FTA, invokes US ‘trade action’

4 June 2026 | by Byron Kaye

Meta accused Australia of violating a free trade agreement with the US by proposing a new tax on certain tech giants which do not strike licensing deals with local...

Meta to expand tech safeguards for teens in Europe, US

6 May 2026 | by Foo Yun Chee

Meta will expand safeguards for teen accounts to 27 European Union countries and to Facebook in the United States, the tech giant said on Tuesday, as it comes under...

Meta pulls ads recruiting plaintiffs for social media addiction

10 April 2026 | by Diana Novak Jones

Meta Platforms said it is pulling ads from Facebook and Instagram aimed at recruiting new plaintiffs for ongoing litigation accusing it and other social media companies of designing their...

eSafety probes social media giants over cracks in teen ban

31 March 2026 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has launched investigations into five social media platforms for suspected breaches of landmark laws designed to keep teens off their sites as it prepares to step...

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Meta’s landmark US trial on child online addiction begins

Health firms breached Privacy Act with online tracking

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