Hidden in plain sight: Mom discovers 'calculator' app on child's phone was vault for predator chats

A Nassau County mother found an innocent-looking calculator app. She was horrified to find out what it was really hiding and ...

Commentary: We need to talk about the Roblox problem

It’s a grim reality of the modern internet: The online platforms our kids use for hours a day have become hunting grounds for ...

Australia's social media ban reminds us of the power of a loving boundary

This is where we parents should remind ourselves of the power of the loving boundary: not to bind and constrain, but to ...

The Advertiser staff’s teenage children react to world-first social media ban

They’ve never known a world without likes, filters and endless scrolling – but now, Australian kids are navigating life amid a groundbreaking social media ban.
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Australia Becomes First Country To Ban Social Media For Under-16s In Major Online Safety Push

Australia enforces a world-first ban on under-16s using major social media platforms, sparking global debate and strong ...
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Australia's under-16s social media ban begins

Australia may be first to ban under-16s from social media but it’s far from the only government demanding age verification: the UK, as well as several EU countries and US states including Mississippi, ...
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As of today, under-16s banned from social media

Australia may be first to ban under-16s from social media but it’s far from the only government demanding age verification: the UK, as well as several EU countries and US states including Mississippi, ...

Australia boots kids under 16 off social media: how platforms are responding

Australia is joining a wave of governments around the globe in regulating how kids spend their time online. On December 10th, ...

The great scroll off: Inside Australia’s world-first teen social media ban

How grieving parents, media campaigns, and political opportunism collided to create the world’s most ambitious - and ...

The teen disconnect: what Australia's social ban means for brands beyond borders

As Australia forces TikTok, Instagram and YouTube to lock out millions of teens, brands are watching a future they may soon ...

Up to a million social media accounts change as Australia’s world leading under 16s ban begins

Overnight, around half a million accounts on Meta’s social media platforms Facebook and Instagram vanished in Australia.

Social media ban: Families, teens question new access and verification rules — as it happened

Ten major platforms are now expected to check the ages of all their Australian users and prevent anyone found to be under 16 ...