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Male teachers explain how they are baited with sexualised comments from female students.

‘I’d ride that’: Teens’ sexual comments leave male teachers terrified

‘I’d ride that’, ‘You have a gyat?’ and ‘Love you, sir’: Male teachers tell how they endure a constant stream of sexual comments – and moaning – that can destroy careers.

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Snapchat’s texts to teens a ‘cynical’ move: Suicide victim’s mum

Social media platform Snapchat is inundating almost half a million Australian teenagers with texts and emails, in what the mother of a teen suicide victim has described as a ‘cynical’ move.

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Lost skill experts say children can relearn once social media ban starts

Friendship expert Bec Sparrow says the social media ban for under-16s presents a golden opportunity to teach children how to form genuine relationships again.

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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.

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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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PM joins the pledge as under-16s embrace social media ban

After her parents banned social media access, this 12-year-old’s scientific deep-dive into brain chemistry captured the Prime Minister’s attention.

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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

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

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

$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.

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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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - October 17, 2024: eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant appears at the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 hearing at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Bring it on: Safety chief ready for big tech blowback on age limit

Australia’s online safety chief has warned tech giants she’s ready for legal battles as she unveils guidelines for keeping under-16s off social media platforms.

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Kids will get around ban? Well, duh. Here’s why it still matters

Would the same nay-sayers scoffing at our social media age limit think there is no need to have an age limit for consuming alcohol, asks the editor.

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Gothenburg, Sweden - March 23, 2022: A man's hand holds a Iphone 13 Pro max with social media apps, against the background of a laptop. Blurred background. Selective focus. Picture: iStock

Revealed: Latest platforms targeted by our world-leading age limits

Reddit and Kick will join major social platforms in barring under-16s as Australia introduces world-first online safety laws.

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Renowned child safety advocate Jonathan Haidt believes Australia’s world-leading social media age laws are the biggest step ever taken to protect children and will set the world on course to win the fight against tech giants causing harm to kids.

‘Biggest step ever’: How Aussie laws could protect kids everywhere

Australia’s new social media laws are being hailed globally at the UN with experts predicting a world-changing impact for children across the globe.

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** FEES APPLY ** Parent advocate Emma Mason addresses the Protecting Children in the Digital Age event at the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States, Wednesday, September 24, 2025. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

‘It will save lives’: Aussie mum stuns with plea to world leaders

Aussie mum Emma Mason has brought world leaders to their feet at the UN as she implored other countries to follow Australia’s lead to protect kids from social media. SEE THE VIDEO

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