Meta gives Australian kids 2-week warning to delete accounts as world-first social media age restrictions loom

As Australia's world-first ban on under-16s using social media looms, Meta becomes the first big tech firm to warn young ...

Instagram to start closing Australian teen accounts ahead of social media ban

Younger Australian teenagers on Instagram, Facebook and Threads are being told their accounts will be shut down ahead of the ...

What happens when you kick millions of teens off social media? Australia’s about to find out

In the next two weeks, social media platforms will start deactivating accounts for children under 16 in Australia under new ...

Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challenge

The Australian government said young children will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a rights ...
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Australia bans YouTube accounts for children under 16 in reversal of previous stance

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government announced YouTube will be among the social media platforms that must ensure account holders are at least 16-years-old from December, reversing a ...
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Australian prime minister loses control of WeChat account

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has lost control of his account on the Chinese-owned social media platform WeChat and a lawmaker on Monday accused China’s leaders ...
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Twitter adding 50,000 Australians a month

A new survey by the Queensland University of Technology has uncovered that there were 2.8 million Australian Twitter accounts out of 750 million accounts globally at September 2013. The study by the ...