Australia’s top online internet regulator explains how the nation plans to roll out the world’s first social media ban for kids under 16.
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Australia will require social media platforms to act to prevent online harm to users
Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content, the government said Thursday.
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A massive baby penguin named Pesto is inhaling fish and winning fans
Pesto, who weighs 46 pounds at just nine months old, has been on display at an Australian aquarium since April. As he grew, so did his social media fanbase — especially after a recent gender reveal.
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Wu-Tang Clan’s unreleased ‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’ is now at an Australian museum
The album, which features 31 songs, was previously owned by Martin Shkreli, who served seven years in prison for securities fraud, and had to forfeit it to the U.S. government.
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Man stabs 6 people to death in Sydney shopping center before fatally shot by police
Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured in the attack in Sydney’s eastern suburbs before a police inspector shot the suspect after he turned and raised a knife, police said.
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Dozens of men killed in Papua New Guinea tribal violence, police say
At least 26 combatants and an unconfirmed number of bystanders were killed in a gunbattle between warring tribes in Papua New Guinea, police said Monday.