The Australian Labor politician who sparked ... said it was parents' responsibility to implement rules around social media use, asking: "Do you want the government to solve every problem?" ...

“Yet we let them play with and use something just as lethal ... Netsafe chief executive Brent Carey said Australia’s Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill was an example ...

The country's youth say they're not impressed by the National Party's proposal to ban social media for users aged ... involves forcing companies to use age verification measures. ACT leader David ...

The Australian Labor politician who sparked the country’s ... expert David Harvey said it was parents’ responsibility to implement rules around social media use, asking: “Do you want the government to ...

The study, published in Nature Human Behavior, analyzed data from 3,340 UK adolescents aged 11-19 and found striking ...

This has led many to advocate for limiting social media usage to safeguard teenagers' mental health. Virginia aims to limit social media usage for teenagers. (Shutterstock) Taking a step in that ...

Adolescents with mental health conditions report spending more time on social media than those without mental health conditions.

A 2019 study found that teens who use social media for more than three hours a day — which is significantly less than the average of 4.8 hours — are at a heightened risk for developing mental ...

“There’s probably about 250 people that can see my location,” says Griffin, 16.