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French lawmakers pass bill banning social media for under-15s
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» PARIS - 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 to protect children from excessive screen time.
Social media ban for kids?
News, Published on 12/01/2026
» Australia notched up a world first last December when it imposed a nationwide social media ban on users under 16 through the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill. The law prohibits them from holding accounts on major platforms including TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads.
Scrolling to stress in the filtered world, social media and mental health
Published on 22/12/2025
» Social media has many benefits, providing entertainment and information and connecting people around the globe, but its overriding influence is far more complex, more insidious than it appears.
Australia ban offers test on social media harm
AFP, Published on 01/12/2025
» TOKYO - Australia's under-16 social media ban will make the nation a real-life laboratory on how best to tackle the technology's impact on young people, experts say.
Malaysia says it plans to ban social media for under-16s from 2026
Published on 24/11/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia plans to ban social media for users under the age of 16 starting from next year, joining a growing list of countries choosing to limit access to digital platforms due to concerns about child safety.
Hong Kong seeks to limit children's digital device use amid rising myopia rates
Published on 16/09/2025
» Hong Kong authorities will seek to further limit young children's use of mobile digital devices, including social media access, by updating the city's guidelines as part of health initiatives set to be unveiled in Wednesday's policy address, the South China Morning Post has learned.
Manual for Muslims with LGBTQ+ kids
Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 12/08/2025
» A new parenting guidebook titled "Faith, Family, and Pride: A Parent’s Guideline", has been launched to help Muslim parents in the southern border provinces raise LGBTQ+ children with compassion while still adhering to their Islamic teachings.
New Europe push to curb children's social media use
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» BRUSSELS — From dangerous diet tips to disinformation, cyberbullying to hate speech, the glut of online content harmful to children grows every day. But several European countries have had enough and now want to limit minors' access to social media.
Parents told to keep tabs on net use
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/01/2025
» Parents have been advised to monitor their children's internet activities following a spate of cybercrimes and online sexual exploitation cases.
Malaysia grants WeChat, TikTok licences to operate under new law
Published on 02/01/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's communications regulator said it granted Tencent's WeChat and ByteDance's TikTok licences to operate in the country under a new social media law, but that some other platforms had not applied.