Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A teenager looks at her smartphone in Brussels on 7 July, 2026 (AFP/Getty) Children under the age of 15 will no longer be exposed ...

Vietnam is set to order social media platforms to limit the access of children under 16 to social media, becoming the latest nation and the third in Southeast Asia to tighten online safety provisions ...

About 58% of teenagers reported using social media daily or more often, barely down from roughly 60% before the ban.

Lawmakers in France are scheduled to vote on Tuesday to ban social media for under-15s -- one of 20 countries worldwide to have proposed or introduced such measures. Five of those countries have ...

A Leeds-based young people's counsellor is sharing advice for parents worried about how their children will cope with the proposed under-16 social media ban. Lisa Norfolk, a person-centred counsellor ...

However, the UK is going further than Australia by also specifically banning all platforms – including Discord and Roblox, ...

The countries set to follow France in banning social media for children - More than a dozen countries look set to follow Australia and France by introducing a social media ban for children, writes Ant ...

Its new law, the first of its kind enacted by a European country, will ban access to some accounts for anyone under 15. By Mark Landler Reporting from Paris France passed a landmark law on Tuesday ...

Teenagers aged 16-17 in the UK could soon be barred from using social media between midnight and 6 a.m. under proposed new rules. Last month, the UK government took an audacious step, unveiling a plan ...

GDANSK, July 22 - Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration showing a child looking stressed on their phone. Social media bans for kids are quickly becoming the global ...

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