Australia is set to become the first country in the world to implement a minimum age for social media use as of Wednesday, leaving big platforms like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube forced to block more than a million accounts.
The move is marking the beginning of what is seen as a potential global wave of regulation.
From midnight, 10 of the biggest platforms will be required to block Australians aged under 16 or face fines of up to AU$49.5 million ($33 million). The law received harsh criticism from major technology companies and free speech advocates, but was praised by parents and child
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