Meta wipes over 500,000 Australian teen accounts in a single week – but says world-first social media crackdown is failing

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• Meta has been busy deleting the accounts of under 16s in Australia
• Over 500,000 accounts are gone from Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
• Meta still wants more done to improve age verification

The fallout from the Australian government's decision to ban under-16s from social media continues: Meta has posted an update on the action it's taken to adhere to the new rules, while reiterating its belief that there are better ways to protect teens.