Snapchat is the most commonly-used social media platform in reported child exploitation and abuse offences, according to new police figures. In 2024, 122,768 child sexual exploitation offences were ...
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas told CNN’s Jake Tapper his country’s world-first social media ban for children under 16 is about protecting them from addictive algorithms, asking: “What’s ...
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from ...
A barrage of AI-generated brain rot is haunting children across numerous screens, from personal smartphones to school-issued laptops to televisions. Social media is adding significantly to that ...
The world is watching as Australia becomes the first country to ban under-16s from social media. Adults support it but children consider the ban an attack on their ...
The measure, which affects anyone under 16, is one of the most sweeping efforts in the world to safeguard young people from the potential harms of the platforms. By Victoria Kim Reporting from Sydney, ...
A study has interrogated the link between social media and attention spans (Getty/iStock) A major new study from Sweden and the United States found that children with significant social media access ...
Children with access to social media see a significant erosion in their ability to concentrate, a major new study has found. Researchers from Sweden and the United States followed 8,324 children’s ...
Starting this Wednesday, children under the age of 16 will be banned from having ­social media accounts. This will be one of the ­biggest social and cultural changes our nation has faced. It is ...