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The Australian Government and E-Safety Commissioner are looking at adding Roblox to banned social media viewing of children under 16

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Roblocked? Hit gaming platform teeters on edge of new age limit

Roblox sits “on the line” between gaming and social media as Australia’s landmark under-16s ban takes shape, with the watchdog promising more platforms could follow.

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Experts are sounding the alarm on the threat posed by predators on the Roblox game. Picture: Getty Images

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Roblox must be included in social media ban – or it’s already failed

Countless Aussie kids are hooked on Roblox but the game is a magnet for predators – and campaigner Renee Chopping says it must be included in the social media ban.

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Disturbing videos and social media accounts using Sunshine Coast school logos and branding students as âman whoresâ and âuglyâ have emerged online. Photo: iStock

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$50m threat: How Australia will enforce under-16 social media ban

Australia has unveiled the world’s toughest rules for social media companies, demanding they actively hunt down and remove users under 16.

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Deep fake. Deepfake AI photo or video in phone. Face swap. Artificial intelligence edit to picture. Machine learning or fraud. Identity theft. Synthetic facial detection and editor in smartphone.

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Fake nudes: Crackdown on latest insidious threat to our teens

AI technology used to create fake nudes will be targeted in a new crackdown as the shocking number of visits to well-known ‘nudify’ sites is revealed.

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‘Addictive model’: Global education leader hails Aussie social media ban

Oxford University’s chancellor and former British opposition leader Lord William Hague has backed Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s, urging Britain to follow.

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Trigger warnings are ineffective at deterring vulnerable people from clicking on disturbing content, Australian research has found.

Slap a trigger warning on it (that’ll make them click)

Trigger warnings can have the opposite effect to their intent as a ‘forbidden fruit effect’ tempts even the mentally vulnerable, Australian research has found.

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‘Theft of Aussie culture’: Artists’ warning amid AI fight

Prominent Aussie musicians Holly Rankin, Dan McNamee and Yorta Yorta rapper Adam Briggs have warned against allowing AI to effectively steal the nation’s art.

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Should parents watch horrifying Netflix viral hit with their teens?

A new Netflix show about a high school couple tormented by an anonymous bully has become an international sensation. But do experts think it’s too disturbing for kids?

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Digital downside: Proof that kids learn better from books than screens

Experts are urging schools not to ditch paper, pens and textbooks in the frantic rush towards digital learning – and new research shows exactly why it would be a huge mistake.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - ADVERTISER Photos SEPTEMBER 25, 2025: Emily Harrison with her children Archie 8yrs (Shorts) and Olive Harrison 3.5yrs (Denim Jeans) and mates, Siblings Isabella Carbone 11yrs (Jumpsuit) and 10 year old twins James Carbone (Glasses) and Stella Carbone (Black Jeans) and Ava Sckrabei 6yrs (Green Shorts) playing in their Unley backyard. Emily is the SA lead in Wait MateÃ a not for profit organisation encouraging schools and parents to work together in reducing child mobile phone use Picture: Emma Brasier

Parents’ phone-free kids pact sweeps across Australia

Parents desperate to protect their kids from tech addiction have found strength in numbers, with a revolutionary no-phones movement spreading across Australian schools.

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Photo: Ava Turnbull (18), Angela Chen (18) and Linh Nugyen (19) in Rundle Mall. Censoring the word Ã¢â¬ÅjobÃ¢â¬Â on Tik Tok. Picture: Tim Joy. 25th September 2025

J**: New ‘slur’ word Gen Z is refusing to say – and why

It’s the three-letter word triggering Gen Z online. But the latest trend to censor certain terms might be masking real life anxiety for young people.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - ADVERTISER Photos SEPTEMBER 18, 2025: Australian Science and Maths School students L to R Caden Breach 15yo from Adelaide and Isabella Atkinson 15yo from Yorke Peninsula at the Flinders University campus. Picture: Emma Brasier

Scientists to track teen freakouts when social media ban hits

Researchers will run an unprecedented experiment to track what happens when Aussie teens are forced off social media – as new data shows how many still use their phones at school.

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‘Beginning of the fight’: Grieving mum taking Aussie social media laws to UN

The mother of Aussie teen Tilly, who took her own life after social media bullying, joins PM Anthony Albanese at the UN to spruik Australia’s new social media laws.

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Aussie kids losing tech race as Chinese schools go all-in on AI

As millions of Chinese primary-schoolers learn to use AI in the classroom, a tech expert warns Australian students are losing the race to master the game-changing technology.

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