2 h. ago Social media ban shouldn’t be judged by its impact on day one

Regardless of workarounds and likely teething problems, the impact of the law will be measured not over days and weeks, but over the much longer term.

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2 h. ago Australia news as it happened: RBA keeps interest rates at 3.6 per cent; Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation

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5 h. ago Australia news LIVE: RBA keeps interest rates at 3.6 per cent; Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation

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7 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation; Victorian premier formally apologises to First Peoples

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8 h. ago ‘People want me to fail’: The woman in charge of enforcing Australia’s social media ban feels the heat

Julie Inman Grant is battling tech giants and High Court challenges while navigating her 13-year-old daughter’s conviction that the ban will “ruin her life”.

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9 h. ago PM Albanese delivers message to kids ahead of social media ban

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is encouraging children to catch up face-to-face ahead of the under-16s social media ban.

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13 h. ago Australia news LIVE: Wells under fire for fresh travel expense revelation; Reddit expected to challenge government’s social media ban in court

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25 h. ago Why Australia’s social media ban for under 16s is set to go global

The new law will not solve every problem with “surveillance capitalism” and predatory online behaviour, but it shows governments can address public worries and not just shrug them off.

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33 h. ago Role models and collaborators: how to help your child through the social media ban

The social media ban for children under 16 kicks in very soon. How well your child adjusts depends in part on how you handle it.

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33 h. ago Social media is a key part of Isabella’s day. This is what worries her most

The social media ban for children under 16 kicks in very soon. How well your child adjusts depends in part on how you handle it.

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35 h. ago Less than a third of parents will enforce social media ban, new poll finds

Nearly 70 per cent of voters back the world-leading policy, but most are sceptical it can even work.

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39 h. ago Across Melbourne, parents are preparing for the social media ban fallout

For many children, social media is the digital version of meeting up after school and on weekends. With platforms soon to be out of reach, families are facing tough conversations.

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63 h. ago ‘Clear boundaries’: The private school rule changes in wake of social media ban

Cranbrook will ban smartphones for certain grades, while other schools are removing YouTube in response to the social media ban.

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3 d. ago Was it wise to implement social media ban just before the holidays?

Age readers respond to the impending social media ban for teenagers.

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4 d. ago How the popular social media ban might be problematic for the government

Chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal and federal political correspondent Natassia Chrysanthos discuss the social media ban with Inside Politics host Jacqueline Maley.

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4 d. ago TikTok is making ‘upsetting’ changes to comply with the social media ban. Here’s how it will work

Some tech giants have already started kicking under-16s off their platforms. For others, it’s only a matter of time. What is consistent among them all is that they don’t agree with Australia’s world-first legislation.

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4 d. ago Facial age verification: Can it be fooled and how safe is it?

Scanning a face to guess its age is likely to be a major part of the “waterfall” of methods used to comply with the social media ban.

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4 d. ago Oprah Winfrey praises Hugh Jackman and social media ban – but avoids key weight

The 71-year-old talk-show host is touring for the first time in a decade in partnership with the pharmaceutical company behind a weight-loss drug.

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4 d. ago ‘No one wants it’: Sydney teens unite against social media ban

Teenagers across Sydney have revealed what they think about the impending social media ban.

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6 d. ago Australia news as it happened: Wells issues social media warning one week before ban commences; Putin ready for war with Europe

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