To lower kids' screen time, experts recommend keeping screens out of bedrooms and having a special place for devices in the ...

Australia is the first country in the world to try to tame social media via legislation that puts the onus on technology ...

Starting Dec. 10, Australia is the first country to ban social media for kids under 16. It's up to social media companies − including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat, YouTube and others ...

In Australia, as this school year ended, kids under 16 also lost access to social media. Some are relieved. Some are furious.

Young teenagers in Australia have been barred from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok in one of the toughest crackdowns on digital platforms in the democratic world.

On Friday afternoons, shortly before the school bus arrives, my mom comes to my house. She ambles into my kitchen to make a cup of tea, and after a few minutes my preteen son runs through the back ...

Australia is the first country to take such sweeping action, but many countries, including the United States, are considering ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and teaches parents, students and teachers how to manage screentime. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from ...

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

Starting on December 10, many Australian teenagers will no longer be as online as their peers in other countries. The Social Media Minimum Age Bill, passed in 2024, stipulates that a person must be at ...

Starting Dec. 10, Australia is the first country to ban social media for kids under 16. Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wrote about the move in an opinion essay posted Dec. 7, saying the ban ...