Five takeaways from the ABC’s Your Say: The Digital Dilemma forum
Australia’s world-first under-16s social media ban is set to take effect on December 10. Social media ban rules…
Concerns teenagers in regional West Australia face further isolation as social media ban looms
Reduced connection, education and inspiration are among some of the concerns mental health advocates have raised in response…
Roblox ‘taken to task’ but may not be included in social media ban, says eSafety commissioner
Australia’s eSafety commissioner says her team has “taken Roblox to task” over its risk of exposing children to…
Roblox hosts all kinds of predators, but the platform believes it should be exempt from the social media ban
In his nine years on Roblox, Melbourne teen Ollie has been exposed to a steady stream of disturbing…
Video games could fall under the social media ban, researchers say
Digital media researchers say online video games could yet be included under the federal government’s social media ban…
Constitutional challenge to social media ban is on the cards, and teen activists could be the key
A constitutional fight is brewing over Australia’s world-first social media ban, according to top legal scholars. YouTube emerged…
Legal fights are brewing over which online social platforms will have to ban under-16s
WhatsApp, Roblox, Reddit and Discord are among an expanded list of platforms which may be covered by the…
Government working toward helping banned Meta users raise complaints
Anfas Azad spent six years and more than $80,000 in digital ads building an Instagram page for his…
Government backflip on YouTube social media ban is one of Olympic proportions
As any gymnast will tell you, it’s not easy landing a backflip, and as any politician will tell…
Smartphones affect young people’s mental health so are dumbphones the answer?
How old were you when you got your first smartphone? For many Aussies born in the past two…
Debate over child safety and age-gating the internet
In the UK, you now have to prove that you’re 18 before you can access pornography on the…
YouTube to be included in social media ban for under 16s after exemption reversed
Children and teenagers will be barred from logging in to YouTube under the incoming social media ban for…