US EditionMeta Alerts Young Australians to Download Their Data Before a Social Media Ban
Meta warns 500,000 Australian teens aged 13-15 to save data before account restrictions start Dec 4 under a new law banning social media use for under-16s.
- Meta began sending two-week warnings to Australian users aged 13 to 15 to save or delete data before access is revoked from December 4, Meta said.
- Canberra's new law prompted social media platforms to exclude account holders under 16, with fines up to $32 million enforcing one of the strictest global bans.
- Government figures show around 350,000 Instagram users aged 13-15 and 150,000 Facebook accounts in Australia, with data export via Meta accounts centre and age verification through Yoti amid error margins.
- Messenger will remain available even as accounts are restricted, and Meta says content will be restorable at 16, urging parents to help children prepare for lost access.
- Meta urged a different technical approach, proposing OS/app store-level age verification, while social media companies called the rules 'vague', 'problematic' and 'rushed'; New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Dutch government guidance signal global interest.
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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
Meta alerts young Australians to download their data before a social media ban
Meta has started notifying young Australians to download their digital histories and delete their accounts from Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. This comes ahead of a new law banning social media for those under 16. The Australian government announced that platforms…
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