Why countries are watching Australia's social media ban for children

Australia is set to enforce a nationwide prohibition on social media use for children under 16, compelling major platforms to ...

Major study links early smartphone ownership to youth mental health risks

Researchers from Children’s Hospital Philadelphia, the University of California at Berkeley and Columbia University found ...
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Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s takes effect

Australia's world-first social media ban for children under 16 took effect on Wednesday, barring young people from creating ...
The Nightly

Social media ban: eSafety Commissioner says she will ‘play the long game’ as teens circumvent restriction

While millions of underage accounts across ten platforms were slated to be deactivated on Wednesday, younger users have ...
Indiatimes

Roblox implements new age verification for chat features: What the new facial age checks mean for kids, parents and moderators

Roblox is introducing a new age-based chat system. Users will undergo age verification using facial scans or government IDs. This will place them into narrow age groups, restricting private chats ...
Columbus Dispatch

Roblox addresses predators with new age-verification and chat rules

Roblox is introducing new safety features to limit interactions between adults and minors on its platform. Users will need to verify their age with a government ID or facial scan to use chat features.
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Kesha says she's not "allowed" to release new version of 'Tik Tok' with altered P. Diddy lyric

Kesha has revealed that she's being blocked from releasing the altered version of 'Tik Tok' with the new P. Diddy line. In 2024, Kesha began performing a different version of 'Tik Tok' with amended ...
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
News24

Australia becomes first country to ban TikTok, Instagram for under-16s

Australia banned young teenagers from social media on Wednesday, launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue ...
The New York Times

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...
KSAT

Roblox adding new age-verification system after lawsuits involving child exploitation, assault

SAN ANTONIO – Roblox, a popular social gaming platform containing millions of user-created games, has reported around 40% of its 84 million users are under 13 years old. Many families play together ...
Metro

New Roblox age checks to stop children from speaking with adult strangers

Amid growing concerns about child safety, Roblox is rolling out age verification checks to prevent children from speaking with adults online. Roblox is one of the biggest gaming platforms in the world ...