As teens flee to new apps to avoid social media ban, Wells says she’ll ban those too
Children have already started migrating to apps not yet caught up in the teen social media ban, but Communications Minister Anika Wells said she wouldn’t hesitate to add more platforms to the list.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
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High Court challengers of teen social media ban want Musk, Google to fund case
A group run by a Libertarian NSW MP has put forward two teenagers to act as plaintiffs in a bid to stop the teen social media ban from beginning next month.
- Brittany Busch
Shut it down: The sites already policing the world’s first social media ban
New underage users on Facebook and Instagram will be banned, and children attempting to alter their age before December 10 will have to verify their age.
- Nick Newling
‘Idk what to do’: Teens share their thoughts after test-driving the social-media ban
As Australia counts down to its world-first social media ban for under-16s on December 10, four teens report back from a trial five-day break from the apps.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
Platform being pursued by federal police escapes teen social media ban
Roblox, Discord and WhatsApp have been excluded from the ban – for now.
- Brittany Busch
‘Sadistic’ online gangs hunting Australian girls like a video game, AFP chief warns
Tech giants have fronted a Senate inquiry, and confirmed their intentions to boot under-16s off their platforms on December 10.
- Matthew Knott and Nick Newling
‘Literary big bang’: Readers have waited 30 years for this finale
Philip Pullman says farewell to the heroine who has accompanied readers from childhood into adulthood, ending an era for a multi-generational publishing phenomenon.
- Richard Jinman
‘No playbook’: eSafety boss backs social media ban despite expert warnings
The commissioner insists age verification can work, despite expert warnings of deep flaws with just over two months until the start of the ban.
- David Swan
Elon Musk’s X says social media ban will violate human rights
The billionaire’s platform has requested a six-month delay in the roll-out of legislation, as US President Donald Trump vows to protect American tech firms.
- Nick Newling
Facts secondary to overarching plot line as wild speculation about Kirk shooting abounds
Charlie Kirk’s death was immediately entangled in a miasma of deliberate falsehoods, honest mistakes and half-baked guesswork.
- Stuart A. Thompson
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