Social media giants urged to tighten child safety after UK rejects blanket ban for teens

Social media firms need to use better age verification technologies to keep children off their platforms, the U.K.'s ...

What to Know About Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids Under 16

Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as ...

These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may ...

Everyone Agrees Social Media Is Bad for Kids, but No One Can Agree on How to Fix It

When Mark Zuckerberg took the stand before a Los Angeles jury two weeks ago and testified about social media and children's ...

India's tech state Karnataka bans social media for children under 16

NEW DELHI, March 6 (Reuters) - - The southern Indian state of Karnataka, home to the tech hub of Bengaluru, banned the use of ...
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More and more countries are banning kids from social media

“You scroll without thinking and lose track of time,” admits Ramón, a Spanish 15-year-old, of his habits on social media. “You see girls sexualising themselves, car crashes, really violent stuff,” he ...
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What adults lose when kids are banned from social media

Last fall, teens younger than 18 who logged into Instagram were met with a PG-13-like shroud on their feeds. No longer could they follow accounts that regularly share what Meta deemed ...

From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media access

Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from ...