Tag: Social Media

NZ to move bill banning under-16s from social media

Posted on   |  by Renju Jose and Alasdair Pal
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Monday his party will introduce a bill in Parliament that seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media, proposing...

Deal or levy: Parliament passes big tech news laws

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Parliament has passed the government’s revamped media bargaining laws, clearing the way for levies on tech platforms that fail to strike deals with Australian news outlets over the use...

Meta purges another 200k teen accounts as crackdown looms

Posted on   |  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...

Children’s social media curbs planned across EU

Posted on   |  by Foo Yun Chee and Bart H. Meijer
The European Union will move to limit young children’s access to social media across the 27-member bloc, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday, in what...

Meta lobbies for legal immunity from child-harm lawsuits

Posted on   |  by Jody Godoy
Meta Platforms has lobbied the US Congress for legal immunity from child-harm claims tied to social media products such as Instagram, as it faces thousands of lawsuits from young...

Britain the next to follow Australia on social media

Posted on   |  by Paul Sandle and Kate Holton
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would ban social media sites for the under-16s and impose restrictions on gaming and livestreaming platforms, in some of the most far-reaching...