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Anna Desmarais

Meta starts removing accounts for under-16s ahead of Australia social media ban

Meta says it is starting to remove the accounts of teenagers under the age of 16 ahead of Australia’s world-first social media ban.

Under the new Australian law, which goes into effect on December 10, children under 16 will be unable to create or keep accounts on platforms such as Facebook, X, Threads, Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, X, Reddit, and Google-owned YouTube.

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