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Technology & Digital Safety

‘For the good’: How world-first social media ban will be explained

Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s will be promoted through a national campaign this weekend, as the government warns tech giants to comply or face $50m fines.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - June 24, 2025: Julie Inman Grant, Australia's eSafety Commissioner addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on

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$825k-a-day fine threat as chatbots expose kids to sex, suicide, terrorism

Four AI companion apps face potential $825,000 daily fines after being caught allowing sexually explicit conversations with minors and promoting self-harm.

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Technology & Digital Safety

‘No excuse’: Minister meets with tech giants in countdown to ban

Australia’s unprecedented social media crackdown has tech giants scrambling to ban under-16s before the December deadline.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - September 4, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Federal Minister for Sport, Anika Wells meet with Interim Football Australia CEO Heather Garriock, Socceroos coach Tony Popovic and players, Milos Degenek, Alessandro Circati and Joe Gauci at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

OpinionTechnology & Digital Safety

The world is watching, so we have one chance to get this right

There will now be, as the Communications Minister said, no excuse for social media companies not to meet their new legal responsibilities, writes the editor.

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Family’s heartache: Every day we look back and think ‘why us?’

One family has opened up on their living nightmare, as it’s revealed Aussie school students are among the most bullied in the world.

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25/05/2022 : Former Defence Minister Peter Dutton with wife Kirilly, daughter Rebecca 20 and sons Tom 16 and Harry 17 (far R) , near the Federal Government offices in Brisbane. Dutton is set to become the leader of the Liberal party in opposition. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Dutton likens Big Tech to Big Tobacco in the ’70s

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says social media companies are ‘predators’ who put profits over people, likening them to Big Tobacco in the 1970s and ’80s.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos September 10, 2024: Snapchat , Instagram, YouTube, Roblox and tik tok and X (Twitter). The Albanese government says it will introduce legislation to enforce age restrictions on social media before the next federal election, but is still mulling over what that age it should be restricted to. Picture: NewsWire / Aaron Francis

Australia unites on Mali’s plan to ban kids from social media

All state and territory leaders have agreed to a plan to ban social media for children, in a world-first move imposing a minimum age of 16.

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News Courier Mail, Bundaberg 24.2.2023. Shalom College principal Dan McMahon at work. Photo Paul Beutel

‘No positives’: Principal blasts Snapchat in wake of schoolgirl suicides

A leading school principal who lost a student to suicide has taken aim at social media giant Snapchat saying the platform is a “Godsend” for online bullies wanting to harm others.

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Grieving parents welcome ‘legacy’ social media age limit

The parents of teens who suicided after relentless bullying on social media have welcomed the federal government’s plan to raise the minimum age of users to 16. However tech titans who own the platforms have rejected the move.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 6, 2024: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Michelle Rowland hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Strong action’: PM reveals more details in social media age ban

Australia is poised to be the first country in the world to impose a minimum social media age of 16 as Labor backs the limit to protect children from online harms.

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Ella Catley-Crawford, 12 went to Lourdes Hill and Redlands College.

‘Happened before’: Parents speak out as Ella’s mum breaks silence

Shattered parents at an elite Brisbane girls’ school have said Ella’s tragic bullying saga is not a one off as her mum has spoken out for the first time.

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As PM dithers on social media limits, our kids keep dying

The federal government is not acting with the necessary urgency as yet another young Queenslander is bullied to death, writes the editor.

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Kids at risk: Warning signs every parent needs to look out for

Aussie children are facing a crisis like no other generation, but there are ways parents can help them. It can start by answering these questions.

OpinionKylie Lang

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Parents keep having to bury their children – enough is enough

The greed that fuels social media behemoths stands in our way of change – but how many more parents have to bury their children?

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