Six months after Australia’s landmark social media ban took effect, experts and students say many teenagers are still using ...

GDANSK, May 13 - Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab ...

The UK's online safety minister is concerned about 'stranger pairing' in games.

Ofcom has criticised TikTok and YouTube, saying in a new report their content feeds are "not safe enough" for children. The findings follow the regulator's call for stronger action on children's ...

Australian eSafety legal notice issued to US-based company for failing to provide information on how it was tackling online child abuse material Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Apple chief executive Tim Cook called him personally to tell him the changes were "inspired by Australia's world-leading social media age ban".

Australia is world-leading in taking active measures to keep people safe online – home to the world’s first dedicated online ...

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has dropped the duty of care provision from its version of KOSA, which it approved in March as part of a broader package of bills called the Kids Internet and ...

A digital literacy program for elementary school students designed by researchers at McGill University was successful in improving students' ability to evaluate websites and their content. Skills ...

Schools can compromise children’s privacy, exposing them to potential identity fraud, harassment and AI exploitation, says Dr Claire Bessant It was concerning, but sadly unsurprising, to read a ...

Senate Commerce Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is officially throwing his support behind the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), giving the social media accountability bill a key post in the upper ...

WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - More than a dozen Republican attorneys general said they oppose a children's online safety bill backed by their party's members of the U.S. House of Representatives, ...