A UK hack shows Australia needs to be very careful about its CCTV trial for daycare centres

Australia is about to trial CCTV in hundreds of early childhood services. A UK nursery data hack shows how vulnerable their ...

Australia sharing tips on curbing social media for children before age limit starts in December

The Australian government has begun a public education campaign with tips on how to wean children off social media ahead of a ...

Food Ladder using AI to help Australian children access food at school

Growing social enterprises are harnessing the AI revolution to achieve the impossible, with one standout set to double their ...

Freeze accounts, dob in under 16s: Big tech plans for social media ban

Platforms prepare to enforce Australia’s world-first child prohibition law by deactivating profiles and searching for signs ...

Meta, TikTok, and Snap warn Australia’s under-16 social media ban could backfire but agree to comply

Meta, TikTok, and Snap say they disagree with Australia’s new law banning children under 16 from using social media but will comply. The law, effective December 10, aims to protect minors online, with ...

Australia's crumbling childcare safeguards put kids at risk. How can parents make sure they're safe?

The scale of Australia's childcare crisis is deeply distressing for parents. These are the simple questions to ask any ...

Australia tells AI chatbot companies to detail child protection steps

Australia has ordered four artificial-intelligence chatbot companies to explain their measures to protect children from ...

Australia rolls out ‘for the good of our kids’ ad campaign ahead of teen social media ban

Australia has launched a multimillion-dollar national awareness campaign to promote an upcoming law that will ban social ...

The conversation that could deliver $1.8m more to your kids

The investment option your kids choose when they start out in superannuation can make a huge difference to their eventual ...

Kids 'left in the dark' in family law matters, as Family Court of Australia makes new commitment

Sally's legal battle in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia may be years long gone, but the trauma of the ...
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Big tech falls in line in Australia as social media ban nears

Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc. and ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok said they’ll comply with Australia’s looming social-media ban for under-16s, setting aside their opposition just weeks before it comes into ...
Biometric Update

Social media regulation goes viral as NZ, EU look to follow Australia

Can regulation go viral? It’s not a bad way to describe what’s happening with online safety legislation related to age ...