Perth, Sep 23 (Conversation) The results of Australia’s first live facial recognition trial have been released. Since June 2026, the Western Australian Police Force has been trialling the technology across metropolitan and regional WA. During the trial, more than 900,000 faces were
April 24 – 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, amid mounting concerns over the impact of social media on
SYDNEY, April 22 (Reuters) – Problems enforcing Australia’s teen social media ban reflect social media platforms’ weak deployment of tools available to run age checks rather than the limits of the technology, an industry body representing the tech suppliers said. The comments
JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 28, 2026 (AP) — Indonesia on Saturday began implementing a new government regulation approved earlier this month that bans children younger than 16 from access to digital platforms that could expose them to pornography, cyberbullying, online scams and addiction.
