1 outlet

Insta, TikTok and Co.: Is Australia's Social Media Ban for Children Actually Working?

In December, Australia became the first country in the world to enact a social media ban for children under 16. Lawmakers around the world are interested in following suit. But is it actually working?

First seen · 11:09 AM UTCMay 13, 2026

How it's being covered

Methodology →

LeftCenterRight

0Left · 0%1Center-Left · 100%0Center · 0%0Center-Right · 0%0Right · 0%

Covering this story

Sorted left → right

Der Spiegel
Center-LeftSpiegel-Verlag
Insta, TikTok and Co.: Is Australia's Social Media Ban for Children Actually Working?In December, Australia became the first country in the world to enact a social media ban for children under 16. Lawmakers around the world are interested in following suit. But is it actually working?
11:09 AM UTC

Also on this date in history

All →

2014

An explosion at an underground coal mine in southwest Turkey kills 301 miners.

Milestone

2013

American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges.

Figure

2012

Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.

Figure