Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has removed approximately 550,000 user accounts across its platforms during the initial implementation phase of Australia’s new teen social media ban.
BBC News reports that Meta has disclosed that it blocked around 550,000 accounts in the first week of enforcing Australia’s groundbreaking social media ban targeting users under 16 years of age. The company’s compliance efforts resulted in 330,639 Instagram accounts being blocked, 173,497 Facebook accounts removed, and 39,916 Threads accounts eliminated as the new regulations took effect.
The legislation, which commenced in December, mandates that major social media platforms preven
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