New Zealand Plans Social Media Ban for Under-16s
New Zealand social media ban
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- ABC News AU·2h agoNew Zealand prime minister proposes Australia-style social media ban
The proposal marks New Zealand as the latest country to mull such a law since Australia enacted its world-first under-16s social media ban in December 2025.
Read at ABC News AU → - Irish Times World·6h agoNew Zealand plans to ban under-16s from social media platforms
One in three children aged between 13 and 17 spends at least five hours on social media a day, New Zealand PM says
Read at Irish Times World → - The West World·7h agoNew Zealand moves on social media ban for under 16s
New Zealand has introduced its own social media ban for under-16s mirroring Australia’s - but coalition partners are vowing to vote it down.
Read at The West World → - NDTV World·8h agoNew Zealand To Ban Social Media For Under-16s
New Zealand has been investigating a social media ban for over a year, after neighbouring Australia implemented its world-first legislation in December.
Read at NDTV World → - Guardian World·9h agoNew Zealand to consider banning children under 16 from social media
Prime minister Christopher Luxon’s party to introduce bill seeking the ban, citing harm to a generation of children New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon has said his party will introduce a bill in parliament that seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media,…
Read at Guardian World → - The Spinoff NZ·9h agoNew Zealand’s proposed social media ban for under-16s, explained
The government is introducing a bill to ban under-16s from social media platforms, but with two out of three coalition partners against it, Labour’s support is needed for the ban to go ahead. Here’s what you need to know. Wait, I thought we’d already talked about this? We have,…
Read at The Spinoff NZ → - ET Tech·9h agoNew Zealand to introduce bill banning social media for children under 16
The bill would require social media platforms to take reasonable steps to verify users' ages, including by utilising existing account information, facial technology and digital identity documents.
Read at ET Tech → - Bloomberg Technology·11h agoNew Zealand Plans Social Media Ban for Under-16s
New Zealand plans to to ban under 16 years from social media, saying access is causing harm to a generation of the nation’s children.
Read at Bloomberg Technology →