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Australia's teen social media ban fails to clear first hurdle in age checks, says studyAustralian online platforms are failing initial age checks for a teen social media ban. Studies show most under-16s can still access platfo...- Australia's teen social media ban fails to clear first hurdle in age checks, says studySince December, Australia's new social media law has mandated that platforms including Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube bar people under 16 ...
- Australia to give regulator more power to pursue Big Tech over under-16 banPrime Minister Anthony Albanese said there were still too many children on social media and tech firms were not doing enough to comply with...
- Australia toughens kids' social media ban, doubles potential penalties for tech firmsAustralia is doubling penalties for tech firms failing to enforce its child social media ban, as evidence shows limited impact on teen usag...
- Australia pledges tougher enforcement of social media ban for teensAustralia is strengthening laws to ban social media for under-16s, despite initial challenges in enforcement. Prime Minister Albanese vows ...
- Australian social media ban marred by weak platform checks, tech providers sayAustralia's teen social media ban faces enforcement challenges due to platforms' weak application of available age-checking tools, not tech...
- Social media sites block 4.7 million underage accounts in AustraliaTech giants have blocked 4.7 million accounts under Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s, the country's online safety wat...
- Australia social media ban hits 4.7 million teen accounts in first monthAustralia's new law banning under-16s from social media has seen platforms deactivate almost five million accounts. This world-first measur...
- Australia adds Twitch to social media ban for teensAustralia will bar under-16s from using major social platforms from December 10. Twitch must follow the rule, while Pinterest is exempt. Fi...
- Australia regulator says YouTube, others 'turning a blind eye' to child abuse materialAustralia's internet watchdog criticises social media giants. These firms allegedly ignore online child sex abuse. YouTube and Apple are un...
- Google reports scale of complaints about AI deepfake terrorism content to Australian regulatorThe Alphabet-owned tech giant also said it had received dozens of user reports warning that its AI program, Gemini, was being used to creat...
- Australia fines Telegram for delay in answering child abuse, terror questionsThe e-Safety Commission in March 2024 sought responses from social media platforms YouTube, X and Facebook to Telegram and Reddit, and blam...
- Australian court upholds order for Musk's X to pay $418,000 fine over anti-child abuse probeElon Musk's X was fined by an Australian court for failing to cooperate with a regulator's request for information about its anti-child-abu...
- Australia gives internet firms 6 months to draft online child safety rulesThe eSafety Commissioner requested online industry members to submit a plan by October 3 outlining measures to shield minors from encounter...
- Australian watchdog drops court fight with X over violent postsAustralia's online watchdog on Wednesday dropped a legal effort to force Elon Musk's X to remove posts depicting the violent stabbing of a ...
- Australian PM calls X's fight against removal of church stabbing posts 'extraordinary'Australian PM Albanese criticizes X for defying cyber regulators on bishop stabbing posts, citing danger of misinformation. Court battle en...
- X vows to 'robustly challenge' Australia order to remove stabbing postsX challenges Australian regulator's order on posts about Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel's stabbing. Boy charged with terrorism at church. eSafety...
- Elon Musk's X launches court fight with Australian watchdogAustralia's online safety watchdog said it is being taken to court by Elon Musk's X in a fight over the platform's failure to outline how i...
- Australia demands Apple, Meta, Microsoft share anti-abuse steps, threatens finesThe threat underscores Australia's hardline approach to regulating Big Tech firms like Meta, Apple and Microsoft since 2021.
- Australia’s new law could force Facebook, Google to strip contentThe Online Safety Bill will also require internet-service companies to provide identity and contract information about abusers on their pla...
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