A CONSUMER advocacy group cautioned lawmakers against a blanket ban on social media access for minors even as it pushed a “balanced, proportionate regulation”...
SYDNEY – A host of tech giants including Facebook and YouTube are under investigation for potentially breaching Australia’s world-leading social media ban for under-16s,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday revived his call for a social media ban on minors, backing Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson's bill seeking...
A bill has been filed in the House of Representatives prohibiting individuals aged 16 and below from accessing social media platforms in the Philippines.
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Jakarta, Indonesia—Indonesia said Friday it would ban social media access for children under 16, citing threats from online pornography, cyberbullying, online fraud and internet addiction.
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SYDNEY – Snapchat has blocked 415,000 accounts under Australia’s social media ban for under-16s, the company said Monday, but warned some youngsters may be...
Paris, France—French lawmakers have passed a bill that would ban social media use by under-15s, a move championed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way...
Sydney, Australia—Australia banned under-16s from social media in a world-first crackdown on Wednesday, declaring it was time to "take back control" from formidable tech giants.
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SYDNEY – YouTube on Wednesday attacked Australia’s looming social media ban for under-16s, denouncing the world-first laws as “rushed” and saying they will make...
KATHMANDU – University student Aditya Rawal was outside Nepal’s parliament with hundreds of other anti-corruption protesters when gunfire crackled and 14 people slumped down...
ATHMANDU – Nepal’s veteran prime minister resigned on Tuesday after youth protesters demanded he quit, a day after one of the deadliest crackdowns in...
