"More than 4.7m social media accounts held by Australians who platforms have judged to be under 16 years of age were deactivated, removed or restricted in the first days after the ban came into effect in December, the prime minister has said. After the social media ban came into effect on 10 December, the eSafety commissioner sent questions to each of the platforms covered by the ban asking how many accounts had been removed in order to comply with the law."
"The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said preliminary analysis from eSafety suggested the platforms were preventing users from holding accounts. It's encouraging that social media companies are making meaningful effort to comply with laws and keep kids off their platforms, he said. Change doesn't happen overnight. But these early signs show it's important we've acted to make this change."
"The communications minister, Anika Wells, said eSafety would examine the data to see what it shows about the compliance of individual platforms. We've said from the beginning that we weren't expecting perfection straight away but early figures are showing this law is making a real, meaningful difference."
More than 4.7 million social media accounts held by Australians judged to be under 16 years of age were deactivated, removed or restricted in the early days after a ban took effect on 10 December. The eSafety commissioner sent questions to covered platforms to establish how many accounts were removed to comply with the law. Ten platforms were listed as covered: Twitch, Kick, YouTube, Threads, Facebook, Instagram, Snap, X, TikTok and Reddit. Reported data indicate widespread account actions, though per-platform breakdowns were withheld for commercial confidentiality. Meta reported deactivating almost 550,000 accounts; eSafety will further examine compliance data.
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