Experts say law not enough to stop children accessing harmful content online and more ‘convincing strategy is required’ More than 80% of under-16s in Australia said they were still using social media ...

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THE AUSTRALIAN government plans to strengthen its under-16s social media ban, as children are continuing to access platforms like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. “We’re working on that as a priority ...

Australia said on Saturday ⁠it would double the maximum penalty it can impose on tech firms found to have failed to uphold a ground-breaking social media ban for children, as evidence mounts that the ...

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The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) on Tuesday said it had found “significant new restrictions” were necessary on the use of paraquat. But its lengthy review found ...

Four in five Australian teens were still using social media three months after the law was put in place, a new study has found Getty A recent study found more than 85% of Australian teens were still ...

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BRISBANE, Queensland: Six months on from Australia’s under-16s social media ban taking effect, the early verdict from headlines and children themselves has been blunt: It isn’t working. A new study ...

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