Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Meta has removed more than half a million social media accounts belonging to Australians under the age of 16, the company said, as it announced its efforts to comply with the Oceanian nation's new social media age ban.
The law, introduced in late 2024, went into effect Dec. 4, requiring social media services to remove accounts held by those under the age of 16 and younger and block the creation of new accounts for youth under 16.
In the Sunday blog post, Meta, owned by Mark Zuckerberg, said that as of Dec. 11, it had removed access to almost 550,000 accounts of under 16-youth, including 330,639 on Instagram, 173,497 on Facebook and 39,916 on Threads.
Instagram, Facebook and Threads are all owned by Meta.
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