US EditionFacebook, Instagram to Begin Following Ban for Australians Under 16
Meta will deactivate 1.5 million under-16 Australian accounts on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads before December 10 to comply with new national minimum-age laws.
- Beginning December 4, Meta will start removing accounts believed to be held by underage users on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads in Australia.
- The federal government ordered platforms to remove under-16s by December 10 under a world-leading law aimed at protecting young Australians from online risks.
- This week, Meta will notify teenage users via in-app messages, SMS and emails, giving them two weeks to download content or delete accounts, while parents can approve downloads and verify age.
- About 1.5 million Australian accounts are expected to be affected, and platform companies face fines of up to $49.5 million for failing reasonable steps.
- Users flagged as underage will be asked to verify age via a video selfie or government ID submitted to Yoti, but Meta warned of a significant margin in error and privacy risks with identity verification services.
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Meta Tells Aussie Kids to Get Their Stuff Before They're Banned
Technology giant Meta on Thursday began sending thousands of young Australians a two-week warning to downland their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram, and Threads before a world-first social media ban on accounts of children younger than 16 takes effect. The Australian government recently announced that the...
With this message, Meta has started a procedure that will lead to the cancellation of Instagram and Facebook accounts of all Australian users under 16 years of age. It is the effect of the first ban on social media in the world imposed by a government for this age group, with immediate consequences for hundreds of thousands of young people. The deadline is set for 10 December. After this term, new users under 16 years of age will be excluded, an…
Canberra had hardened the tone with regard to the use of social networks by adolescents in a law passed in 2024 to exclude them from the platforms. This ban will be implemented by Meta in early December 2025.
The Australian government has passed a law setting a minimum age for using certain social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook and Threads.
The social media company, which owns Facebook, Instagram, has sent messages to the children reminding them to download their digital history before their accounts are deleted on December 4.
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