Dossier
Under-16 ban
Coverage of Under-16 ban in the Nexus archive.
- Most Australian teens still online three months after under-16 ban
Most Australian teenagers remain online three months after an under-16 ban was implemented. A report found that most teens had circumvented the ban, prompting the Australian government to defend the policy.
- Social media executives deny platforms are inherently addictive to children
Executives from Meta, Roblox, and TikTok denied their platforms are inherently addictive to children during a UK parliamentary hearing. They argued that a ban on under-16s using their services would be 'unenforceable', facing scrutiny from a cross-party education committee.