With YouTube now part of Australia's social media ban for kids, Google says that will only make things worse. Who is right?

The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at ...

The Google-owned platform says parental controls will be stripped away as a result of the ban.

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.

The new legislation — passed Thursday, Nov. 28 — gives platforms including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok a year to begin enforcing the age limit Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

In the next two weeks, social media platforms will start deactivating accounts for children under 16 in Australia under new laws designed to reduce harm online. Other countries are watching, but some ...

From 10 December, social media companies will have to take "reasonable steps" to ensure that under-16s in Australia cannot set up accounts on their platforms and that existing accounts are deactivated ...

The world is watching Australia’s ban on social media for children under 16. But some experts say the policy will face ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban children younger than 16 years old from social media, leaving it to the Senate to finalize the world-first ...

The Australian government says children under 16 will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a legal ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian government announced on Thursday what it described as world-leading legislation that would institute an age limit of 16 years for children to start using social ...