M ELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian Senate was debating a ban on children younger than 16 years old from social media Thursday after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly supported ...

Senator Jacqui Lambie, left, gestures as she speaks to Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong during debate in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 28 ...

The Australian Senate on Thursday passed a bill banning children under 16 from using social media, positioning Australia to become the first country to enact such a law as governments worldwide seek ...

Australia voted to ban social media for kids under 16. But how tech companies should comply with the new law remains a big ...

The new law will deliver a message to tech companies to "clean up their act," the country's prime minister has said.

Australian lawmakers today approved a landmark ban on social media for children under 16 in an attempt to address the negative impact of various apps on young people’s physical and mental health.

A Senate committee has tabled its final report today into the planning and regulation of Australia's energy market revealing critical weaknesses in the governance, planning, and economic efficiency of ...

Australia will apply all three of the rules included in the global minimum tax, which include: a qualified domestic minimum top-up tax, or QDMTT; an income inclusion rule, or IIR; and an undertaxed ...

A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Senate Thursday and will soon become a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament on Friday in a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat ...