By limiting teens’ social media use, Australia hopes to reduce mental health harms. Would a similar step safeguard the mental ...
Hawaiʻi Sen. Brian Schatz called for the passing of the bipartisan Kids Off Social Media Act, a bill that he is leading in ...
Starting Dec. 10, Australia will be the first country to ban social media for kids under 16. Here's why, and if it could ever ...
Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as ...
While governments around the world continue to tackle the thorny issue of age verification for certain websites and platforms, Australia is taking a blunter approach. Starting today, the entire ...
Governments are studying the decision to prohibit youths from using platforms like Facebook and TikTok as worries grow about the potential harm they cause.
NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Susan Sawyer of the University of Melbourne about Australia's new ban on social media for children under 16. It goes into effect next week.
New survey of 4,000 parents and children in the U.S. and Australia reveals sharp generational divides in support, fears, mental health expectations, and belief in government enforcement. WASHINGTON, ...
"Delaying children’s access to social media accounts gives them valuable time to learn and grow, free of the powerful, unseen forces of harmful and deceptive design features such as opaque algorithms ...