Social media platforms are everywhere, and most children and teens have access. Many indicators suggest social media use can ...

The ban’s rollout is being closely watched worldwide, as regulators in other countries consider similar restrictions.

Many countries are planning to follow Australia's lead in an effort to protect children from the well-documented harms of ...

There has been a swift buildup of lawsuits and legislation targeting social media companies and how they design their platforms for young users—and that momentum doesn’t show signs of slowing in 2025.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions — and so is the path to a potential surveillance state. After losing its high-profile case in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last ...

The facts are well-known at this point (Haidt, 2024): Beginning around 2010, large numbers of American teens bought smartphones and opened social media accounts. Since 2010, rates of anxiety, ...

Australia is the first country to ban social media for kids under 16. Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ...

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas told CNN’s Jake Tapper his country’s world-first social media ban for children ...

Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed a groundbreaking social media ban for children under 16 as families ...

Various governments, from the state of Utah to the European Union, have been experimenting with limiting children's use of ...