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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Vishwam Sankaran

Instagram to start closing Australian under-16 accounts week before government deadline

Meta has announced it would start deactivating the Instagram and Facebook accounts of its Australian users under 16 from 4 December, a week before the government’s law to ban social media for teens takes effect.

The tech giant had previously indicated it would begin removing access to accounts for those under 16 only as the law was enacted on 10 December.

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