Australia said ​on Saturday it would double the maximum penalty it can impose on tech firms found to have failed to uphold a ‌ground-breaking social media ban for children, as evidence mounts that the ...

Saying tech companies were “not doing enough” to keep youths under 16 off their platforms, the government announced tougher fines and new powers for a regulator. By Victoria Kim Reporting from Sydney, ...

Australia will grant its online safety watchdog more powers and increase the maximum penalty for breaches of its world-first social media ban, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying big tech ...

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government is giving priority to strengthening the world’s first laws that ban children younger than 16 from social media platforms ...

In a first for Australian law enforcement, police in Western Australia have deployed live facial recognition technology in marked vans at locations around Perth. The system scans the faces of ...

People researching egg freezing and prostate conditions on health websites had their searches fed to social media giants, ...

Australia's 2024 Social Media Minimum Age Act, effective December 2025, set a strict 16+ age for social media, transferring ...

Privacy commissioner Carly Kind has determined that telco company Optus violated individuals’ privacy by listing their ...

AI compliance failures in major models raise risks for Australian enterprises using AI agents in privacy-sensitive and regulated workflows.

After months of promises, the UK government has pulled the trigger on regulations to restrict social media sites for children ...