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Is Australia’s social media ban for under 16s working?
Bricolage/Shutterstock When Australia banned under 16-year-olds from using social media in December 2025, it became a test case for a policy now being pursued by…
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How our bodies react when we use social media – and when we stop
shutterstock rawpixel.com/Shutterstock The typical adult in the UK spends nearly two hours on social media per day. And for younger users, this can easily be…
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World
TikTok shuts down in the United States hours ahead of a ban
TikTok went dark in the United States on Saturday night (local time), less than two hours before a ban was slated to go into effect.…
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Aussie kids banned from social media as critics slam ‘sham’ debate
Australian children under 16 will be subject to a world-first social media ban after the government passed new laws in a whirlwind final sitting day…
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Treasurer labels Musk’s social media ban comments as ‘unsurprising’
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has labelled billionaire Elon Musk’s criticism of Australia’s planned social media ban for children under 16 as “unsurprising”, as federal parliament continues…
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‘Enough is enough’: Kids set to be blocked from social media
Australian kids will be blocked from social media until a certain age under a national plan to target growing concerns around its impacts on young…
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Technology
The US surgeon general wants tobacco-like warning labels on social media
Dr. Vivek Murthy hopes that introducing warning labels to social media platforms will help address mental health concerns among adolescents. | Photo by Bryan Bedder…
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Chinese nationalist groups are launching cyber-attacks – often against the wishes of the government
trambler58/Shutterstock The UK’s national security agency, MI5, warned in April that British universities participating in military research are targets for cyber-attacks by foreign states. More…
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Truth Social: why Donald Trump’s social media ‘meme stock’ surged and fell by over US$1 billion within a week
Rokas Tenys/Shutterstock Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, went public on Tuesday March 26. Shares in parent company Trump Media & Technology Group surged…
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Selfies and social media: how tourists indulge their influencer fantasies
A town in the US state of Vermont closed its roads to tourists in September 2023 after a social media tag sparked a swarm of…
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