Catherine Conlon: Government's mixed messages on kids' social media are muddying the water

The social media free-for-all is over. It is time for kids to regain their independence and their mental wellbeing

How much more of this evidence of poor mental health, exposure to grooming, bullying, violence, pornography and addictive algorithms do we need before young teens are protected from harmful content on social media?

Why pull out all the stops to verify a child’s legal age if this is not going to be followed up with minimum age legislation?

December 10 has finally arrived. Australia has spent the last 12 months preparing for this day when major online platforms including tech giants Meta, Instagram, Threads, Tiktok and YouTube must block under 16s from accessing content.