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eSafety probes social media giants over cracks in teen ban

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has launched investigations into five social media platforms for suspected breaches of landmark laws designed to keep teens off their sites as it prepares to step...

Social media ban hits 4.7m teen accounts in first month

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye
Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under‑16s took effect, the country’s internet regulator said,...

Meta removes 544k teen accounts in Australia

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
More than half a million accounts belonging to children under 16 were blocked across Meta platforms in the lead-up to Australia’s world-leading ban on teen social media use. New...

Teen social media ban faces a new wildcard: teenagers

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye
When 13-year-old Jasmine Elkin tried out the age-checking software Australia might use to ban children and teenagers from social media, she was surprised some products could identify a person’s...

Meta’s oversight board rebukes company over policy overhaul

Posted on   |  by Katie Paul and Echo Wang
Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board on Wednesday sharply rebuked the Facebook and Instagram owner over a policy overhaul in January that cut fact-checking and eased curbs on discussions of contentious...