Let Them Be Kids is a News Corp Australia campaign calling for children under 16 to be restricted from having social media accounts.
Two-thirds of Aussie adults support the Albanese Government’s social media ban for kids under 16, but a new poll has laid bare how many are concerned kids will find a way around it.
Australia’s world-leading new law banning under-16s from social media has got people talking all around the globe, with multiple international polls backing the idea.
Historic new laws have been passed to ensure Australians under 16 are banned from social media such as Facebook and Instagram. Here’s how the ban will work.
Premier Peter Malinauskas has issued a written plea to federal leaders to pass an under-16s social media ban.
Mums and dads around Australia are calling on MPs to have the courage to vote for world-leading legislation. They fear if it does not pass, more children’s lives will be lost.
One family has opened up on their living nightmare, as it’s revealed Aussie school students are among the most bullied in the world.
Some opposition to changing social media age limits is to be expected, but a lack of scientific evidence and an unwillingness to opt for caution suggests other agendas, writes Dany Elachi.
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.
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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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.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backed a plan to ban under-16s from social media, but why is such a move needed, and how would it work? YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
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.
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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