In anticipation of the rule coming into effect, Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and Threads, began removing Australian children under 16 from its platforms last week. A spokesperson for Meta told ...

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"It's a proud day to be prime minister of Australia," Anthony Albanese says as a world-first ban on social media accounts for under-16s comes into effect Instagram, Facebook, Threads, X, Snapchat, ...

Speaking to the BBC before the legislation took effect in Australia, she says "it's going to be interesting to see how it plays out". She says, in conversations with Australia's eSafety commissioner, ...

Yope, which its co-founder recently told the BBC is like WhatsApp and shouldn't be included in the ban, is the second most downloaded app. Number three is Coverstar, which calls itself "the safest ...