Australia will ban social media access for users under 16 without parental consent from December 10. Meta, TikTok, and others ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Instagram owner Meta and other social media firms said on Tuesday they will comply with a ban on users under the age of 16, adding that they will start deactivating accounts once the ...

Australia will ban under-16s from social media from December 10, forcing platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and Meta to block ...

Tech giants Meta and TikTok said Tuesday they will obey Australia's under-16 social media ban but warned the landmark laws could prove difficult to enforce. Australia will from December 10 force ...

Australia is set to become a global leader in youth online safety as social media platforms like TikTok and Meta begin ...

Late last year, Australia passed a law banning social media for all people under 16 years old. Now, some of those companies — namely Meta, TikTok and Snap — are not happy at one exception: YouTube.

Meta and TikTok says they will start deactivating accounts for users under 16 years old in Australia from 10th December 2025.

Major tech firms, including Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), ByteDance-owned TikTok, and Snap Inc.'s (NYSE:SNAP) Snapchat, are urging Australia to reconsider the exemption of YouTube, an online ...