US EditionMeta alerts young Australians to download their data before a social media ban
- Meta began sending thousands of in-app messages, emails and SMS to suspected under-16s, warning Australian children aged 13 to 15 they will lose access on Thursday, December 4, with roughly two weeks to save content before the federal ban on Wednesday, December 10.
- The Australian government has mandated exclusions from December 10, requiring platforms including Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, X and YouTube to exclude under-16 users or face fines up to Aus$49.5 million.
- Meta says affected teens should export data via the Meta Accounts Centre in HTML or JSON and receive a ZIP file, with around 350,000 Instagram users and 150,000 Facebook accounts aged 13-15 affected.
- Meta warns of a margin of error in age estimates and offers verification routes; some over-16 users can verify age with a video selfie or government ID via Yoti.
- Meta vice president and global head of safety Antigone Davis urged OS/app store‑level age verification as a more accurate, privacy‑preserving alternative, while New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon plans similar legislation amid global regulators' interest.
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Australia has become the first country in the world to block access to social media for young people under 16. However, some platforms will remain accessible.
Meta alerts young Australians to download their data before a social media ban
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.
Meta alerts young Australians to download their data before a social media ban
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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 soci
Meta alerts young Australians to download their data before a social media ban
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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
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