The world observed Safer Internet Day on February 10, 2026, focusing on smart tech choices and safe AI use, while Australia enforced its new law banning kids under 16 from platforms like Instagram and TikTok, with fines up to $49.5 million AUD for non-compliance.
Grant’s promotional clip drew sharp criticism for feeling infantilising, with broadcaster Neil Oliver voicing stunned disbelief and journalist Efrat Fenigson calling it a state babysitter approach.
Globally, efforts continued with workshops in Kenya, tips from UNICEF in Africa, and U.S. police advice on two-factor authentication, highlighting tensions between youth protection and overreach concerns.
Platforms have already restricted 4.7 million underage accounts since December.
