While governments around the world continue to tackle the thorny issue of age verification for certain websites and platforms, Australia is taking a blunter approach. Starting today, the entire country will ban social media sites for all children younger than 16 years old.

Australian content creators are reporting drops ‌in ​followers and views a day after ‌the country imposed a sweeping teen social media ban, posing risks for incomes and forcing ​rethinks of content st...

The measure, passed a year ago requires the technology companies behind the platforms — Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, Twitch, X and YouTube — to identify and disable th...