Meta terminates over 750,000 underage accounts in Australia
Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, announced that it has shut down more than 750,000 accounts belonging to Australians under the age of 16 since the world's first-ever ban on minors' accounts was implemented in December. The company deactivated 462,000 accounts on Instagram and 294,000 on Facebook between December and June, with numbers increasing beyond those removed by January. These measures are part of Meta's efforts and the Australian Communications Ministry's compliance with a law that prohibits children from using social media, despite over 80% of children under 16 continuing to use these platforms during the first three months of the ban, according to government data and independent studies. The law aims to protect the mental and physical health of children and young people, with fines of up to 99 million Australian dollars for violators.
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