While governments around the world continue to tackle the thorny issue of age verification for certain websites and platforms, Australia is taking a blunter approach. Starting today, the entire ...

Under-16s in Australia will no longer be able to access X, TikTok and other social networks. Will other countries now seek to ...

Reddit, one of the world's largest social platforms, is arguing that it doesn't meet the definition of "social media ...

Starting Dec. 10, Australia will be the first country to ban social media for kids under 16. Here's why, and if it could ever happen in the U.S.

Though it’s a little bit different than platforms where all users have profiles and post their own content, the most-visited social media site in the U.S. is actually YouTube.

Roughly one-in-five U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. At the same time, 64% of teens say they use chatbots, including about three-in-ten who do so daily.

Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed ...

The FTC just published results of a sweeping study of social media sites that has been going on for four years. The organization said that many social media sites and streaming services engage in ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida lawmakers passed an amended bill that restricts minors under the age of 16 from using social media and requires “adult” websites to verify the ages of its visitors, ...

Australian youth will lose access to their social media accounts amid a national law that takes effect on Wednesday and is the world's first such ban.

Australia is doing what no other democracy has done so far. Starting today (December 10), all those under the age of 16 will ...