More than eight in 10 Australian teenagers are still using social media three months after the government’s landmark ban on the platforms for under-16s took effect because the tech firms failed to implement effective age checks, the country’s internet regulator has found. In a study published on Friday, eSafety also found most children aged between...Read More
The Australian government has defended the ban after a report concluded most teenagers had found ways to get around it. Published On 1 Aug 20261 Aug 2026 More than eight in 10 Australian teenagers are still using social media, skirting the government’s three-month-old landmark ban on the platforms for under-16s because tech firms have failed...Read More
Australia has defended its world-first ban on social media for under-16s after a study found there had been little drop in use months after the ban took effect. Ministers backed the landmark policy on Saturday, just a day after the nation’s internet regulator found that more than eight in ten Australian teenagers were still using...Read More
The Claire Chapin Epps Family YMCA site in Myrtle Beach. Provided A Facebook post has received hundreds of comments and shares on social media after a user accused two YMCA summer camp leaders of verbally harassing children in the camp at a Myrtle Beach restaurant. The user took to Facebook on Wednesday to warn parents...Read More
ATLANTA — As students prepare to return to class, the City of Atlanta’s Department of Transportation is taking a closer look at what happens before they reach the school doors — focusing on the streets, sidewalks and crossings students use every day. Channel 2’s Brittany Kleinpeter got an exclusive first look at a new Safe...Read More
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. Chicago Public Schools is poised to cut in half the money and staff the district provided to some high schools after they removed police officers stationed at their campuses. High schools were given money roughly equivalent...Read More
The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of Delaware, is the latest in a flurry of suits filed against...Read More
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Gov. JB Pritzker signed a monumental bill into law Friday to set new restrictions on youth social media accounts and allow parents to have greater control over online actions. More Statehouse Coverage Pritzker signs bills addressing financial exploitation, nursing home mental health evaluations Pritzker signs Illinois school cell phone ban into...Read More
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The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, alleging that using the social media platforms led to severe mental health and physical issues that resulted in their deaths. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of Delaware, claims that the teens suffered years of harm from...Read More
