Australia social media ban hits 4.7 million teen accounts in first month

Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a ...

Nearly 5 Million Accounts Removed Under Australia’s New Social Media Ban

Governments around the world are watching the rollout of the landmark law, which made it illegal for those under 16 to have ...

Over 4.7 million underage accounts blocked by tech giants under Australia's social media ban

Australia has required big platforms including Meta, TikTok and YouTube to stop underage users from holding accounts since ...

Meta blocks 550,000 accounts under under Australia's social media ban

About 550,000 accounts were blocked by Meta during the first days of Australia's landmark social media ban for kids. In ...
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Is Australia’s teen social media ban working? We don’t know now, but we will soon

The Albanese government is celebrating that 4.7 million social media accounts purported to belong to children under the age ...

Ofsted chief backs Australia-style social media ban for children

In an exclusive interview with ITV News, Sir Martyn Oliver said social media "is chipping away at children's attention spans" ...

Meta closes 550,000 accounts to comply with Australia's kids social media ban

To comply with Australia's under-16 social media ban, Meta said in a Medium blog that it has shut down nearly 550,00 accounts ...

Australia’s Social Media Ban on Kids Is Likely an Outlier

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Australia's Under-16 Social Media Ban Sparks Massive Account Deactivations

Social media platforms have deactivated approximately 4.7 million accounts of Australian teenagers following Australia's ...

Ban social media for kids? This Long Beach lawmaker says Australia is on to something

Roughly two decades after social media started growing in popularity, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory in 2023 ...
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Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban: Service Providers’ Legal Obligations, the Promise, and the Perils

The ban stems from amendments to the Online Safety Act 2021, which established a minimum age of 16 for users of social media. Rather than naming specific platforms, the law defines “age-restricted ...