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

Hundreds of thousands of social media accounts are being deactivated as the world’s first social media ban goes into effect now in Australia for kids under 16. Here’s how it will work.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Pressure is mounting on Congress to act after Australia’s under-16 social media ban sparked calls from U.S. lawmakers to ...

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