Snapchat rejects Australian push to raise age for allowing teenagers on social media to 16

Snapchat has opposed Australian politicians’ push to raise the age for allowing teenagers on social media to 16. Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Snapchat has hit back against the push to raise the age for allowing teenagers on social media to 16 and said it should be left to companies such as Apple or Google to enforce, if the law changes.

The federal government is currently assessing age assurance technology amid calls from the opposition to raise the age teenagers can access social media from 13 to 16.