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Social media ban hits 4.7m teen accounts in first month

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,...

YouTube says it will comply with Australia’s teen social media ban

3 December 2025 | by Byron Kaye

Google’s YouTube says it will obey Australia’s world-leading ban on social media accounts for children under 16, a capitulation which means all the most popular platforms with young users...

The teen fighting social media ban says internet will be less safe

2 December 2025 | by Stefica Bikesh

A teenager suing the Australian government to overturn a ban on social media for under-16s says the measure would make the internet more dangerous for young people and be...

Amazon’s Twitch added to Aussie social media ban

21 November 2025 | by David Allen

Twitch, the live-streaming platform owned by Amazon, has been added to Australia’s world-first social media age ban, the eSafety Commission has announced, leaving the tech company just 19 days...

Meta starts clock on teen account purge ahead of social media ban

20 November 2025 | by David Allen

Meta is planning to offload under-16s from its platforms and block the creation of new underage accounts up to a week before the teen social media ban comes into...

‘On them to deliver’: Social media warned a month out from ban

10 November 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

One month out from Australia’s world-first social media ban, the government insists platform companies have few excuses for not complying after a year-long lead time, but also increasingly acknowledges...

OpenAI in eSafety’s crosshairs for teen social media ban

5 November 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

US tech giant OpenAI has been asked to self-assess for Australia’s social media ban, as Reddit and streaming site Kick were formally targeted and told to head off a...

Platforms scramble against ‘astounding’ pace of social media ban

28 October 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Major online platforms Facebook and Instagram have not finalised a compliance approach to Australia’s under-16s social media ban, while Snapchat is still seeking an exemption, a month and a...

Google says teen social media ban ‘extremely difficult’ to enforce

13 October 2025 | by Renju Jose

Alphabet-owned Google on Monday said it would be “extremely difficult” for Australia to enforce a law prohibiting people younger than 16 from using social media, warning that the government’s...

Platforms get ‘out-of-bounds’ rules for social media age checks

10 October 2025 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s privacy watchdog has warned digital platforms and age assurance providers not to over collect personal data as part of the upcoming teen social media ban. In new regulatory...

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