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Meta purges 540,000 accounts under Australia’s youth ban | 7NEWS
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Meta has removed 330,000 Instagram accounts, 170,000 Facebook profiles, and 40,000 Threads accounts in the first month since Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s took effect. The social media giant has expressed concerns about the ban’s effectiveness in increasing safety and worries about vulnerable teens being blocked from online support groups. Meta is calling for age verification to occur at app store level, while facing potential fines of nearly $50 million for non-compliance, as some young users continue to bypass the restrictions through VPNs and other methods.
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