eSafety Commissioner of Australia
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Regulating and enforcing the ban, while warning about workarounds and unintended harms
From midnight on December 10, 2025, Australian teenagers woke up locked out of Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and more. Under a new law, anyone under 16 is banned from holding an account on ten of the biggest social platforms, and companies that fail to purge under‑age users face fines of up to A$49.5 million.
Updated Dec 11, 2025
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