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Asia & Pacific 1 month ago

Meta urges Australia to change teen social media ban

Australia has required big platforms including Meta, TikTok and YouTube to stop underage users from holding accounts since the legislation came into force on December 10 last year.

Science & Tech 6 months ago

California parents blame ChatGPT for son's suicide

Matthew and Maria Raine argue in a complaint filed Monday in a California state court that ChatGPT cultivated an intimate relationship with their son Adam over several months in 2024 and 2025 before he took his own life.

Asia & Pacific 7 months ago

Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption

Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the Alphabet-owned video-sharing site and potentially setting up a legal challenge.

Science & Tech 10 months ago

Meta to introduce teen accounts for Facebook

The accounts were brought in for 13- to 15-year-old users of the company's popular photo-sharing app last September as part of moves to shield vulnerable underage internet users from online harms.

Archipelago 1 year ago

Rights commission investigating death of teen allegedly killed by police

Residents discovered the bruised body of high-school student Afif Maulana in a river close to a village in Padang, in West Sumatra on June 9.

Community 2 years ago

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Sweden's teens drive Porsches and BMWs, no licence needed

Called an "A-traktor" -- with Swedes often using "EPA" as the older designation -- these cars and trucks have become so popular in recent years that authorities are now concerned about a rise in road accidents.

People 3 years ago

Indonesian teen receives MURI certificate for NFT platform donations

Rainier Wardhana Hardjanto is the first teenager to launch donations on an NFT platform for disabled communities.

Health 3 years ago

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Smoke and mirrors: How Big Tobacco hides cigarette ads in plain sight – pt. 2

Using social media and influencers, cigarette companies have found ways to hawk their products without obvious advertising. In this second part of a two-part story, we discuss how they target Indonesia’s younger generations.