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April 24, 2026 6:05 PM

Norway plans to ban social media use by children under 16

Norway said on Friday it would present a bill in parliament by year-end to ban children from using social media until they turn 16, making technology companies responsible for the task of age verification. Several European nations are seeking to rein in children's use of social media after Australia took the lead with a world-first ban on under-16s last December. "We are introducing this legislation because we want a childhood where children get to be children," Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoer...

April 8, 2026 3:23 PM

From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children’s social media access

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 YouTube and Meta's Instagram and Facebook. The ban comes amid mounting concerns over the impact of social media on children's health and safety. Below is a summary of what countries and companies are doing to regulate access to social media. AUSTRALIA A landmark law forced major social media platforms to block minors under 16 from Decembe...

March 9, 2026 7:39 PM

YouTube, TikTok engaging with Indonesia government on child social media block

TikTok and video platform YouTube are in discussions with Indonesia's government about its plan to block social media access for children under 16 starting later this month, company officials said on Monday. Indonesia will require platforms to deactivate "high risk" social media accounts for under 16s, according to a new ministerial regulation distributed on Monday. Roblox, Instagram, Google's YouTube and TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, were among platforms identified by the Communications...

January 23, 2026 10:18 AM

TikTok seals deal for new US joint venture to avoid American ban

TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, on Thursday said it has finalized a deal to establish a majority American-owned joint venture that will secure U.S. data, to avoid a U.S. ban on the short video app used by over 200 million Americans. The deal is a milestone for the social media firm after years of battles that began in August 2020 when President Donald Trump tried to ban the app over national security concerns. Trump later opted not to enforce a law passed in April 2024 requiring ByteDance t...

December 10, 2025 12:25 AM

Australia’s ban on social media access for under-16s takes effect

Australia has become the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access to platforms including TikTok, Alphabet’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram and Facebook from midnight. Ten of the biggest platforms were ordered to block children from midnight on Wednesday (1300 GMT on Tuesday) or face fines of up to A$49.5 million ($33 million) under the new law, which drew criticism from major technology companies and free speech advocates, but was welcomed by parents and child ...

October 28, 2025 10:38 AM

Meta, TikTok and Snap say they oppose Australia’s youth social media ban but will comply with it

Instagram owner Meta and other social media firms said on Tuesday they will comply with a ban on users under the age of 16, adding that they will start deactivating accounts once the law takes effect on December 10. In parliament, Meta, TikTok owner ByteDance and Snapchat owner Snap said they continued to believe the ban would not protect young people, but they would soon reach out to owners of more than a million underage accounts to prepare them for the change. Their comments represented a s...

September 26, 2025 12:17 PM

Trump signs order declaring TikTok sale ready and values it at $14 billion

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday declaring that his plan to sell Chinese-owned TikTok's U.S. operations to U.S. and global investors will address the national security requirements in a 2024 law. The new U.S. company will be valued at around $14 billion, Vice President JD Vance said, putting a price tag on the popular short video app far below some analyst estimates. Trump on Thursday delayed until January 20 enforcement of the law that bans the app unless its Chine...

March 27, 2025 11:57 AM

Trump says he may give China reduction in tariffs to get TikTok deal done

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to reduce tariffs on China to get a deal done with TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the short video app used by 170 million Americans. ByteDance has an April 5 deadline to find a non-Chinese buyer for TikTok or face a U.S. ban on national security grounds that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law. The law is the result of concern in Washington that TikTok's ownership by ByteDance makes it behold...

March 22, 2025 1:35 PM

Existing ByteDance investors emerge as front-runners in TikTok deal talks

White House-led talks on the future of TikTok are coalescing around a plan for the biggest non-Chinese investors in parent company ByteDance to up their stakes and acquire the short video app's U.S. operations, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. The plan entails spinning off a U.S. entity for TikTok and diluting Chinese ownership in the new business to below the 20 percent threshold required by U.S. law, rescuing the app from a looming U.S. ban, said the sources, who asked ...

March 10, 2025 11:58 AM

Trump says US talking to four different groups on sale of TikTok

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration was in touch with four different groups about the sale of Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, and that all options were good. TikTok's fate has been up in the air since a law requiring its owner ByteDance to either sell it on national security grounds or face a ban took effect on January 19. Trump, after taking office on January 20, signed an executive order seeking to delay by 75 days the enforcement of the law. Asked ...