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Meta removes nearly 8 lakh teen accounts after Australia social media ban
Meta removes nearly 8 lakh teen accounts after Australia social media ban
Meta has deleted over 7.5 lakh Facebook and Instagram accounts suspected of belonging to Australians under 16 between December and June, timesnownews.com reports citing Reuters. The company is using AI to analyse…
The Story in Brief
Meta has deleted over 7.5 lakh Facebook and Instagram accounts suspected of belonging to Australians under 16 between December and June, timesnownews.com reports citing Reuters. The company is using AI to analyse profile information and contextual clues such as birthday posts and school mentions to identify underage users. The enforcement follows Australia's social media age restriction law effective from December 10.
Despite the removals, government data and independent studies show more than eight in 10 under-16s still used social media in the ban's first three months. Australia is now considering raising the maximum penalty for non-compliance to A$99 million. Meta, TikTok, Google and Snapchat are to appear before a parliamentary inquiry on Friday.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative that tech giants are either fully cooperative or outright obstructing regulation is too simple. Meta has removed nearly 8 lakh accounts, yet four in five teens still found loopholes. That gap shows enforcement, not just legislation, is the real test. Will Friday's parliamentary inquiry hold platforms accountable for AI detection failures, or will it hand out token fines? The A$99 million penalty figure will tell us how serious Australia really is.
Source: timesnownews.com
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