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December 4, 2025: Emma Johnston and her son, Alastair Wurst. 14-year-old Al carried out the age verification process on SnapChat and jokingly put his birth year as 2000, which would make him 11 years older at 25. Picture: Kelly Barnes

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Mum horrified as 14-year-old beats social media ban in ominous sign

This 14-year-old jokingly put his year of birth as 2000 but the biggest laugh came when Snapchat’s face scan agreed – and verified him as 25 ahead of the under-16 social media ban.

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‘Safer, calmer’: What teachers and principals think about digital D-Day

Educators at the coalface say the social media ban will have an overwhelmingly positive effect on schools, but also fear policing it will fall on their tired shoulders.

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Huge change coming to online search you probably missed

Search engines face $50m fines under new Australian rules requiring automatic redirects to mental health services for suicide-related searches and blurred pornographic content.

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Sam Maiden on the social media age ban

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Australia’s free porn and violence experiment is finally over

One question remains over children’s ability to get around the social media ban today, writes Samantha Maiden. So what?

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Emoji, acronyms, grammar: Telltale signs parents helping kids dodge ban

Parents face potential prosecution if they help children dodge Australia’s world-first social media ban, as platforms prepare to purge hundreds of thousands of young users.

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YouTube loophole makes mockery of under-16s social media ban

YouTube has confirmed hundreds of thousands of under-16 users will be locked out of their accounts from next Thursday as Australia’s social media ban takes effect.

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02 December 2025 Social Media Ban. Morialta Secondary College press conference Federal Communications Minister Anika Wells. Pic Roy VanDerVegt

Not that fast: Minister’s caution in countdown to historic U16s ban

Social media giants face Australia’s groundbreaking under-16 ban next week, yet platforms won’t receive immediate $50m fines despite the laws’ historic scope.

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A streaming platform popular with gamers has become the latest platform to be banned for Australians under the age of 16, ahead of December 10.

New social media app to be banned

A streaming platform popular with gamers has become the latest platform to be banned for Australians under the age of 16, ahead of December 10.

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Aussie star opens up about ‘horrible’ online abuse

Paralympic gold medallist Rowan Crothers supports Australia’s social media ban – revealing for the first time how relentless online bullying as a teenager left him isolated and struggling with his mental health.

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Parents warned of social media ban chaos

Aussie families are being warned to prepare as teens face withdrawal-like symptoms when the under-16 social media ban begins.

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Real talk about teens’ social media ban

Bans don’t solve everything – kids will find a way around it. The truth is, screens are a natural part of their lives now, so here’s what to do.

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Cassandra Eames with daughter Rose Veltheim 15yrs, Rose will have 6 weeks with social media, Social Media Case Study, Norman Park, on Friday 28th November 2025 - Photo Steve Pohlner

‘Ask questions’: Guide to chatting with kids about social media ban

Tens of thousands of teens are about to lose access to the thing they love the most – so how can you help them handle it?

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The ‘digital honey pots’ that try to keep children online for longer

AI chatbots for social platforms including Meta and TikTok are telling kids misleading information about the incoming under-16s social media ban.

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Government pressure has resulted in the blocking of Australian visitors from an AI nude image generating website which is based in the UK.

Notorious deepfake nude sites used by Aussie kids now blocked

The world’s most notorious deepfake nudifying web apps are no longer accessible in Australia, after the eSafety Commissioner threatened to take their UK parent company to court.

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