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Australian Kids Are Already Outsmarting the Under-16 Social Media Ban, Testing the Limits of Age-Verification Technology

Seraphina Hayes1 month ago6 days ago07 mins

Published: 12 December 2025 | Sydney Just days after Australia enacted its world-first nationwide ban preventing under-16s from accessing major social media platforms, children are already discovering creative — and surprisingly effective — ways to get around the new restrictions. The rapid workaround attempts have turned the reform into a real-time experiment in age-verification technology,…

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Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Takes Effect in One of the World’s Toughest Online Child-Safety Reforms

Seraphina Hayes1 month ago6 days ago07 mins

Published: 11 December 2025 Australia has officially implemented one of the world’s strongest online safety crackdowns, enforcing a national ban preventing anyone under the age of 16 from holding an account on major social media platforms. The move marks a dramatic shift in how governments regulate children’s digital environments — and places Australia at the…

Teenager looking at a smartphone with major social media icons blurred or locked out, symbolising Australia’s new under-16 social media ban.

Australia’s World-First Social Media Ban for Under-16s Comes Into Force

Seraphina Hayes1 month ago6 days ago07 mins

Published: 10 December 2025 The New Law and Its Scope As of 10 December 2025, Australia has implemented a world-first national restriction banning users under the age of 16 from having accounts on 10 major social media platforms — including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Twitch, Kick and Threads. Under the…

A split image shows a destroyed, burning building in Beirut with emergency services, and a stern-faced Ali Tabtabai with a target on his chest.

Israeli Strike in Beirut Kills Hezbollah Commander, Threatening Fragile Ceasefire

Seraphina Hayes2 months ago6 days ago09 mins

Published: 25 November 2025 BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs has killed Hezbollah’s acting chief of staff, Ali (Haitham) Tabtabai, in the most significant targeted killing since the 2024 U.S.-brokered ceasefire. The strike hit a multi-storey building in Haret Hreik, part of the broader Dahiya district, long regarded as Hezbollah’s political and…

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Australian Officer Joins Trump-Led Gaza Peace Taskforce in Historic Move

Seraphina Hayes3 months ago6 days ago08 mins

October 22, 2025 | Canberra, Australia Australia has taken a historic step into Middle Eastern peacekeeping, with a senior Australian Defence Force (ADF) officer joining a US-led Civil-Military Coordination Centre in Israel. The deployment—announced by the Department of Defence on Wednesday, October 22, 2025—marks the first time an Australian has participated in a Trump-initiated Gaza…