Age-check fears mount ahead of child social media ban

Many platforms will rely on facial-age estimation to comply with the social media bans. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Concerns are mounting tech giants will wrongly identify kids as adults when age verification checks begin to rollout on social media platforms in a world-leading ban for under-16s.

The social media ban will begin on Wednesday and includes platforms YouTube, X, Facebook, Reddit and Threads, with the government stating more may be added at a later stage.