Tag: Social Media

Senate to probe youth social media ban

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Liberal and Nationals senators have sided with the Greens to set up a parliamentary probe into the federal government’s social media ban for under-16s and search engine age verification....

Australia adds YouTube to social media ban for under-16s

Posted on   |  by Renju Jose
YouTube will be included in Australia’s world-first ban on social media for teenagers, the federal government announced on Wednesday, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the platform. Australia’s eSafety...

eSafety, YouTube spar over under-16s social media ban

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye
Australia’s internet watchdog and YouTube exchanged barbs on Tuesday after the regulator urged the government to reverse a planned exemption for the Alphabet-owned video-sharing platform from its world-first teen...

No barriers, no guarantees: Age assurance test results are in

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Age assurance technologies are not “guaranteed to be effective” in all applications, with usability among the main issues, an independent trial has found as the deadline for Australia’s social...

Macron to push ban on social media for under-15s

Posted on   |  by Makini Brice
French President Emmanuel Macron will push for European Union regulation to ban social media for children under the age of 15 after a fatal stabbing at a school in...

SA moves on social media ‘posting and boasting’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
South Australians will face jail terms of up to two years for sharing violent or illegal acts on social media under laws introduced to state parliament on Thursday to...

Enforcing the social media age ban will cost $50m

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government will spend more than $50 million enforcing Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s over the next four years, as it steps up its oversight of...