
Australia Enacts World-First Social Media Ban for Under-16s
Canberra vows to shield children from “predatory algorithms” as YouTube warns the move will backfire.

Canberra vows to shield children from “predatory algorithms” as YouTube warns the move will backfire.

Two months from now, Australians aged under 16 will be locked out of most social media platforms under a new nationwide ban.

Vienna’s data watchdog has ruled that Google must comply with EU privacy rules after a five-year legal battle sparked by privacy activists.

The YouTuber’s actions hurt his own reputation at least as much as the article, the judge said.

Canberra said it wants “Australian parents and families to know that we have got their back.”

Three influencers with over 200 million views between them were banned from entering a state parliament and are under investigation for right-wing extremism by the state’s domestic spy agency.

Freedom has more to gain than lose from the emergence of influencers—people who don’t depend on anyone—and the rise of social media as the preferred source of information.

France’s top YouTuber reflects the country’s youth: right-wing-leaning and proud of its identity.

Online influencers play a key role in introducing transgender ideology to children.

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