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Unspecified early studies claiming 85% of Australian teenagers under 16 continued using restricted social-media platforms six months after the country's youth ban took effect.
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Unspecified early studies claiming 85% of Australian teenagers under 16 continued using restricted social-media platforms six months after the country's youth ban took effect.
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Australia
An Australian Army private and her husband became the first people arrested under Australia’s modernized 2018 espionage laws. Prosecutors accuse them of accessing defense material related to national security interests.
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Early studies show that 85% of Australian teens under 16 were still using restricted social media platforms six months after they were ostensibly banned from them
Unspecified early studies claiming 85% of Australian teenagers under 16 continued using restricted social-media platforms six months after the country's youth ban took effect.
Open source reportAustralia's government proposed a ban on the use of social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and X by children under 16
Australia proposed barring children under 16 from platforms including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and X, without exemptions for parental consent or existing accounts, and that the measure could take effect in 2025.
Open source reportLeaders of Commonwealth countries... meet in Samoa starting today. It's the first biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting that King Charles III will lead.
Commonwealth leaders begin meeting in Samoa on 21 October in the first biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting led by King Charles III.
Open source reportChina opposed the plan and advocated against it: Beijing wants island nations to rely on it - and not Australia or its Western allies - for security.
China opposed the Australia-backed initiative; Beijing wants Pacific Island countries to depend on China rather than Australia or other Western partners for security.
Open source reportLeaders of Pacific Island nations approved an Australia-backed plan to establish four regional police training centers and a multinational force to respond to regional crises.
Pacific Island leaders approved an Australia-backed plan for four regional police training centers and a multinational force intended to respond to regional crises.
Open source reporta Russian-born Australian army private and her husband - also a Russian-born Australian - became the first people arrested under Australia's modernized 2018 espionage laws.
An Australian Army private and her husband became the first people arrested under Australia’s modernized 2018 espionage laws. Prosecutors accuse them of accessing defense material related to national security interests.
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