Age-check providers want Australia to 'test' social media platforms

In a damning submission, an age-check firm warns big fines may still be seen as a "small price to pay" if it allowed Australia's ban to "wrongly" be portrayed as a failure.

Getty Images Protecting young people from the harms they can experience online is clearly important. But with so much focus on a possible social media ban for under-16s, there is also a risk of sidelining better solutions. A social media ban was just one of 12 recommendations the Education and Workforce Select Committe

41 complaints taken up during sitting of Kerala Women’s Commission in Thrissur

“Unwise” - Seymour warns National not to push ahead with social media bill without coalition support, Labour wants a copy before pledging support

The education minister says there are "legal reasons" she cannot give Labour a copy of the proposed bill.

France accused the U.S. of standing alongside North Korea and Russia after a contentious U.N. vote to reappoint Volker Türk as human rights chief.

Before the lawmakers adjourned plenary till September, they debated several bills and motions and adopted a number of resolutions.

An excerpt from the long opinion in Computer & Comm. Industry Ass'n v. Paxton, decided Friday by Fifth Circuit Judges…

This report is part of Inquirer’s Sona 2026 coverage. Follow our live page for real time updates. MANILA, Philippines – As President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. prepares to deliver his fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona), Inquirer.net’s data analytics manager, Monica Baylon-Solideo, presents a social listening report on

2 min readNew DelhiJul 27, 2026 07:19 AM IST The CJP protest at Jantar Mantar concluded on Saturday. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)The Delhi Police has asked social media platforms to remove objectionable videos and posts, targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which were allegedly shared during the Cockroach Janata