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The ban may keep some children out, but it does nothing to fix the harmful architecture awaiting them when they return.
Children may be put off telling adults about something harmful they’re not supposed to have seen.
The Greens’ senator says she’s worried kids will end up ‘in other online spaces that are even darker and more dangerous’ – and Australia should act on other options.
We know that Australian children’s civics education is at an all-time low. The government’s social media ban may make this worse.
The responses reveal a much more nuanced picture of the relationship between young Australians and social media than the public debate suggests.
In new research, young African Australians speak about how they get vital information about their culture and identity on social media.
Julie Inman Grant has been asked to testify to Congress. It’s a sign of an increasing US preoccupation with online censorship.
Download your data, make plans to stay connected to friends, and decide where you’re going next.
It comes at a time when the online gaming giant faces several lawsuits and growing calls to be included in Australia’s social media ban.
If you have a child or teen under 16 who loves their social media accounts, how can you help approach the new restrictions come December 10?
Tanzania favours information control over transparency and accountability.
Roblox, Whatsapp and many other tech platforms will need to ‘self-assess’ and ask to be excused from Australia’s looming social media restrictions for under-16s.
The teen social media ban is just months away, but are blanket bans or severe restrictions good policy? Well, it depends.
Social media is awash with videos of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, highlighting the failures of platforms to protect users.
New guidance for tech companies outlines how the government expects them to keep young people off their services.
A new report on age assurance technology leaves key questions about Australia’s looming youth social media ban unanswered
The government’s trial has found age-assurance for its under-16 social media ban can be done, however admitting it can’t be one-size-fits-all.
World-first legislation will ban under 16s from certain social media platforms in less than four months. This could be a shock - but there are ways to prepare.
All experts expressed broader concerns about the upcoming age restrictions for social media users in Australia.
Top contributors
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Adolescent Health The University of Melbourne; Director, Royal Children's Hospital Centre for Adolescent Health; and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Sexologist & Lecturer and Research Fellow in Communications & Culture, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of IT Ethics and Digital Rights, Bournemouth University
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Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Deakin University; Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Surrey
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Senior Lecturer, Communication, Edith Cowan University