Jonathan Savage

Last month, Australia banned social media for anyone under the age of 16 in order to protect children from harmful content and algorithms.

Meta opposes the ban.

It's calling for the Australian government to work with the industry to make online spaces safer.

And it wants parents to have the final say on whether kids should be able to access internet platforms.

Jonathan Savage, Fox News.

Meta reports shutting down 330,000 Australian Instagram accounts, plus 173,000 on Facebook and almost 40,000 on threads.

Last month, Australia banned social media for anyone under the age of 16 in order to protect children from harmful content and algorithms.

Meta opposes the ban.

It's calling for the Australian government to work with the industry to make online spaces safer.

And it wants parents to have the final say on whether kids should be able to access internet platforms.

Jonathan Savage, Fox News.

Russia has released a French researcher jailed for violating foreign agent laws.

Laurent Venatier received a three-year sentence when Russia's security service accused him of collecting sensitive political and military information on behalf of Switzerland.

He's been swapped for Daniel Kasatkin, a Russian basketball player arrested by French authorities in Paris last June...

and wanted by the United States for allegedly being involved in ransomware attacks.

He denied those allegations.

Jonathan Savage, Fox News.