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Australia's eSafety commissioner is investigating major social media companies, including Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, for potential non-compliance with the existing ban on users under 16, which has been in effect since December, with potential fines up to 725 million.
Parents have been told to report accounts missed in Australia’s under-16 social media ban – but eSafety is ‘concerned’ some platforms aren’t complying Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An Australian mother who reported her 14-year-old’s Snapchat account has been rebuffed by the social media company, because his self-declared age was 25. Parents of teens who have eluded the social media ban have been told to report their children’s accounts to the platforms to get t...
“A child today can’t walk into a bar and order a drink, they can’t stroll into a strip club or browse an adult shop or sit down at a blackjack table in a casino,” eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said