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Australian government prepares assault on privacy for under-16s social media ban
Proposed techniques for age estimation of social media users include facial analysis or tracking individuals’ online metadata ...
Crikey11d
Teen social media ban: Answering every question about Australia’s ‘world-first’ plan
Australia will have a legal social media minimum age of 16 for platforms like TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. Here's what we ...
St George News7d
Officials of parent company of Snapchat fire back at Utah Attorney General Derek Brown over lawsuit
The target of a lawsuit filed June 30 by Utah officials has come out swinging against Attorney General Derek Brown.
Australia gears up to impose social media ban on teens. What Britain, Norway and EU nations are doing
Social media companies like Meta, Snapchat and TikTok will invite a fine of more than $49.5 million if they fail to implement ...
Underage Aussie kids won’t be punished if they access social media under incoming ban
Underage children will not face repercussions if they circumnavigate the federal government’s looming social media ban, with ...
Utah accuses Snapchat of designing algorithm addictive to children
Top Utah officials are suing Snap Inc., which owns the social media platform Snapchat, and accusing it of creating an algorithm that makes the app addicting to children, as well as enabling the ...
The Express Tribune18d
YouTube fights against Aussie teen ban
Australia's internet watchdog and YouTube exchanged barbs on Tuesday after the regulator urged the government to reverse a planned exemption for the Alphabet-owned video-sharing platform from its ...