Let Them Be Kids is a News Corp Australia campaign calling for children under 16 to be restricted from having social media accounts.
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.
Australia must brace for a lobbying charm offensive and potential legal challenges as it seeks to impose age limits on social media platforms.
Australian child safety advocates have blasted Instagram’s new measures for underage teens, warning it’s an attempt to “deflect” from the real issue.
Domestic violence campaigner claims a plan to ban Aussie kids from social media needs to happen alongside education to be effective in addressing the crisis of gender-based violence.
Abusive parents and carers face bans from schools for targeting teachers on social media, in emails or at shopping centres.
Laws will prevent children from accessing social media until they are 16, but these parents’ international movement wants to go further.
Anthony Albanese has revealed the age he wants to raise the social media age limit to, but will work with states on a final proposal.
News Corp’s Let Them Be Kids campaign played a pivotal role in convincing politicians to act on the damage caused by tech platforms to young people.
Prime Mininster Anthony Albanese will impose a minimum age for social media use to protect children from its mental and physical health harms, the win for kids coming after a News Corp campaign.
One blanket, minimum age to access social media for all Australians will spare parents, schools and young people themselves from unintended negative consequences of a two-tier system, argues Dr Simon Wilksch.
Social media sites are built to hook our kids into an addictive cycle of scrolling, even if it makes them sadder, more insecure and more isolated, writes NSW Premier Chris Minns.
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