ALBAWABA- Australia on Wednesday became the first country to enforce a nationwide ban on social media access for users under 16, a landmark move aimed at curbing the digital harms increasingly linked to youth mental-health decline. The law, which took effect at midnight, requires ten major platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch, and Threads, to block existing underage accounts and prevent new sign-ups, with multimillion-dollar ...