Hundreds of thousands of social media accounts are being deactivated as the world’s first social media ban goes into effect ...

Australia enacted a world-first social media ban Dec. 10, blocking kids under 16 from social media, sparking censorship fears ...

Australia is planning to pass a new rule forcing major tech conglomerates to continue paying media companies to use their content on their social media platforms, government officials said Thursday.

Global online forum Reddit has filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger ...

A day after the world-first law took effect, the country’s social media feeds were flooded with comments from people claiming to be under 16.

Three years ago, when Australian politicians took on the titans of Big Tech — crafting legislation to force Google and Facebook to pay for news articles they share on their sites — Google threatened ...

CANBERRA, June 5 (Reuters) - Australia should force Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab to pay news companies for content that appears on Facebook and impose broader regulation on social media ...

Fourteen-year-old cheerleader Lucy Brooks briefly lost some friends on Snapchat when Australia’s ban on social media came into effect on Wednesday.

Sydney — Two Australian nurses have been removed from their jobs over a video that appears to show them bragging they would kill Israeli patients in their hospital, authorities said Wednesday. Video ...

Australia's social media ban for children 16 and under officially went into effect at midnight local time on Dec. 10.

Pakistan has been wrongly blamed in an online campaign following the deadly shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach, the Information Minister has said.

SYDNEY, March 1 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab said it will stop paying Australian news publishers for content that appears on Facebook, setting up a fresh battle with Canberra ...