Australia Says World Will Follow Social Media Ban
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Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, X, YouTube, Reddit will need to deactivate all accounts for under 16s from December 10th
Australia’s world-first ban on social media accounts for under-16s is being cast by supporters as the “first domino” to fall in a global rollback of children’s presence on major platforms. Starting Dec.
Australia will soon ban its youth from popular services like TikTok and Instagram, becoming the world’s first democracy to carry out such a crackdown in response to growing concerns about social media’s harms. It’s likely to be the first of many.