A shocking number of young Victorians have been slapped with a firearms ban as the state continues to grapple with youth crime rates, sparking dire warnings the state's criminal justice system has ...

Australia will not require social media giants to verify the ages of all users under its ban on under-16s using the platforms, Canberra said Tuesday. But platforms like Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok and ...

Australia has a reputation for taking on tech giants, but experts worry about the impact of its world-first social media ban ...

The Australian government has begun a public education campaign with tips on how to wean children off social media ahead of a world-first national 16-year age limit taking effect in December.

Social media platforms have agreed to comply with Australia’s social media ban for users under 16 years old, begrudgingly embracing the world’s most restrictive online child safety law. On Tuesday, ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities said Tuesday that social media platforms should not demand age verification for all account holders starting from December, when a ban on children ...

SYDNEY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Australia has launched a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign that depicts its world-first ban on social media for teenagers as "for the good of our kids" ahead of its ...

Twitch, a livestreaming service popular with gamers, joins nine other platforms that will be required to remove Australian ...