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Zac de Silva

Social media ban a 'success' with 4.7m accounts blocked

The mass exodus of Australian children from social media has been hailed as a positive step. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

All 10 companies covered by Australia's social media laws are complying with bans on children accessing their apps, with almost five million accounts blocked or restricted under the world-first rules.

Federal government data, released on Friday, shows the bans are having a significant impact, but the eSafety Commission has declined to release details on how many people have been removed from each platform.

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