Conan O'Brien plays Aunt Gladys and takes opening shots at AI and Chalamet to open 2026 Oscars

Conan O’Brien returned as Oscars host and opened the show with jokes about AI and Timothée Chalamet. On Sunday night, he told ...
WFAA8

Australian officials banned kids from social media. Here's what happened next.

DALLAS — Just weeks after a broad ban on social media accounts for kids under the age of 16 went into effect in Australia, officials say platforms have taken down almost 5 million accounts belonging ...
CNBC

Australia banned social media for under 16s a month ago — here's how it's going

Australia banned social media apps for under 16s in December, and, a month later, there's been a mixed reaction from teens, experts and tech firms. As many teens find ways to circumvent the law, major ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Meta Shuts 550,000 Accounts on Australia’s Kids Social Media Ban

Meta Platforms Inc. said it has shut down almost 550,000 accounts in Australia to comply with the country’s landmark social media ban for children. The social media giant has closed around 330,000 ...
Fox News

House moves to protect children from online predators as Australia clamps down on social media

House lawmakers last week advanced a pair of bipartisan-backed bills designed to strengthen protections for children facing sextortion, blackmail and self-harm coercion. Two separate bills introduced ...
The Atlantic

Australia’s Grand Social-Media Experiment

To celebrate the start of a nationwide ban on social media for kids under the age of 16, the Australian government lit the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the slogan Let Them Be Kids. As of December 10, ...
Psychology Today

Australia Banned Social Media for Kids—Should the United States?

Source: Creative Christians / Unsplash On December 9, Australia implemented a groundbreaking policy prohibiting individuals under 16 from accessing social media applications such as TikTok, Instagram, ...
CNET

What to Know About Australia's Social Media Ban: Reddit Is Challenging the Law

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...
Campus Safety Magazine

Australia Social Media Ban for Kids Under 16 Goes Into Effect: New Internet Safety Law Explained

Australia has become the first nation to legally restrict access to major social media platforms for users under the age of 16, a groundbreaking move that could set a global precedent. The legislation ...
Wired

Kids and Teen Influencers in Australia Say ‘Bye-Bye’ to Social Media

When 15-year-old Carlee Jade Clements wakes up, her first thought is to record a Get Ready With Me video to share with her friends on TikTok. “I love recording everything and posting it the moment I ...
CNN

Millions of Australian children just lost access to social media. What’s happening and will it work?

Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and ...
People

Starting Today, Social Media Is Banned for Australian Kids Under 16

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, Twitch, X and Kick are the 10 platforms banned for kids in Australia Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working ...