The Empire Family is moving to London to save 14-year-old’s career as content creator
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The Empire Family is moving to London to save 14-year-old’s career as content creator
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An “influencer family” is leaving Australia to save their daughter’s career as a content creator as the country prepares to enforce a ban on social media for under-16s.
Beck and Bec Lea say the move will allow their teenage daughter to keep making content.
Ban requires 10 largest social networks to lock out children under 16 or face hefty fines
Ban due to take effect next week, but Meta has started deactivating accounts already
As Meta begins deleting accounts and the deadline looms, children have already begun to flock to platforms not included in the…
Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit,…
Twitch, Reddit and YouTube were still allowing such accounts to be registered as of Wednesday morning, Guardian Australia found
