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Australia under-16 social media ban: How is it going one month since law took effect?

Australia has revealed that almost 5 million teen accounts have been deleted by social media platforms.

Euronews

More than 4.7m social media accounts blocked after Australia’s under-16 ban came into force, PM says

Accounts removed or restricted on Twitch, Kick, YouTube, Threads, Facebook, Instagram, Snap, X, TikTok and Reddit in world-leading ban

The Guardian - AU

Australian politicians are condemning X and Grok, so why won’t they leave the platform?

Anthony Albanese has said the AI chatbot generating sexualised images of women and children is ‘abhorrent’ but has an account posting on the site

The Guardian - AU

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Meta blocked nearly 550,000 accounts in first days of Australia’s under-16s social media ban

Tech giant says ongoing compliance will be a ‘multi-layered process’ as UK Labour faces pressure to bring in similar ban

The Guardian - AU

Hundreds Of Non-Consensual, Explicit Images Created By Twitter’s AI Bot

“Since late 2025, eSafety has received several reports relating to the use of Grok to generate sexualised images without consent.”

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Grok’s deepfake images which ‘digitally undress’ women investigated by Australia’s online safety watchdog

eSafety Australia says it ‘has received several reports relating to the use of Grok to generate sexualised images without consent’ since late 2025

The Guardian - AU

Search engines will soon start filtering adult content under new eSafety rules

Search engines in Australia will soon have to blur pornographic and violent images in some cases to limit the chances children accidentally encounter this content.

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Elon Musk’s X wins appeal to lift block on Australians seeing Charlie Kirk shooting footage

In successful challenge, X argued the video wasn’t excessively offensive and was an objective record of a ‘public event of historical and political significance’

The Guardian - AU

Reddit challenges Australia's under-16 social media ban, claims law curbs political discussion

Reddit argues that the world-first law is unconstitutional because it infringes on Australia’s implied freedom of political communication.

Euronews

Reddit launches High Court challenge against Australia’s social media ban

Both legal actions contend the legislation is unconstitutional

The Independent UK

Doxing, death threats and the ire of Elon Musk: who is the Australian woman taking on the social media giants?

Overseeing the world’s first social media ban has been bruising for Julie Inman Grant, but she says ‘there’s no playbook for this’

The Guardian - AU

Reddit to comply with Australia’s ‘legally erroneous’ under-16 social media ban

Platform to introduce age-prediction model analysing users but argued to eSafety commissioner it was a source of information not a social media platform

The Guardian - AU

TikTok vows to comply with teen social media ban

Tech giant TikTok will fall into line with Australia's world-leading social media restrictions, admitting age assurance methods can't protect people's privacy.

AAP

Australia to enforce social media age limit of 16 next week with fines up to $33 million

Australia is set to enforce its age limit for social media accounts starting next week, and the platforms must provide monthly reports on how many children's accounts they have closed or face fines

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The Guardian - AU

Australia’s eSafety commissioner rejects US Republican’s assertion she is a ‘zealot for global takedowns’

Julie Inman Grant says Australia’s Online Safety Act ‘does not impinge upon Americans’ freedom of speech’

The Guardian - AU

Gallagher says public service ‘roughly the right size’ – as it happened

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'Nudifying' AI deepfake tools used by students blocked

Access to three of the world's most widely used "nudifying" deepfake services has been blocked after they were linked to child sex abuse material in students.

The Guardian - AU

Social media ban explained: when does it start in Australia, how will it work and what apps are being banned for under-16s?

Has the ban started, and how will age verification work? Here’s everything you need to know

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Twitch added to Australia’s under-16 social media ban amid safety push

Is online gaming next?

The Conversation

What does the US Congress want with Australia’s eSafety commissioner?

In the lead-up to the much-discussed social media ban taking effect, Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is often in the headlines.

AAP

Social media age ban expanded to include more sites

The eSafety commissioner has increased the number of platforms where under-16s will be prohibited from accessing in a world-first ban.

AAP

Tech giant pounces early ahead of social media age bans

Aussie teens have been put on notice over a massive change coming for social media platforms, with warnings to back up important photos or memories.

The Guardian - AU

Roblox rolls out age-verification features in Australia as gaming platform insists child social media ban should not apply

Online gaming company says voluntary age assurance technology will limit teens and children messaging users outside their own age groups

The Guardian - AU

What is Roblox and should parents be worried about whether it’s safe for children?

The ability for kids and adults to chat and interact has led to reports of minors being groomed for abuse while playing online

The Guardian - AU

Roblox shocks: online gaming platform should be snared by Australia’s social media ban for under-16s, experts and MPs say

Pressure mounts on Labor after Guardian Australia report documenting reporter’s week of virtual sexual harassment and violence while posing as a child avatar

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