Society

MARK RILEY: As new social media platforms pop up to side step the ban, we must keep sight of the reason this law was drafted.

When Patricia awoke from having facial surgery she received tragic news. She’s opened up about the worst part of her ordeal.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The music streaming service is no longer the only company quantifying our social lives.

JAMES BIRT: Australia’s new age-verification rules has caused understandable concern among families, but it will make kids online social world far more visible to adults who have never stepped inside it.

Within hours hundreds of people said they needed the device.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: ‘Why would you not have dark sky preserves in a place where the skies are darkest?’

Anika Wells says Australia’s impending social media ban will help teenagers break away from the ‘dopamine drip’ binding under-16s to their phones.

Australians may be forced to provide official identification or banking details to big technology companies from next week.

Easier to take, just as effective and far cheaper than fat jab rivals such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, a promising new pill is set to shake up the lucrative weight loss medication market.

Gemini 3 helped add $600 billion to Google’s value, but lacks common sense and struggles to explain complex technology.

On the same day a rider was killed after colliding with a garbage truck, a commuter has spoken out about vision he captured of two young men riding across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the same e-bike.

Big Tech says Australia’s move is bold — but warns verification will be costly, complex and easy for teens to dodge.

Artificial intelligence will supercharge national security challenges already facing the country and ‘create new and unknown threats’, a Government plan warns.

Banning children’s access to social media will also help improve education results across the country, Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has declared.

MICHAEL USHER: A generation seasoned with sharing most of their lives online is about to be cut off by the social media ban. Maybe it’s time to ask how they feel about it.