ESafety says most underage users were able to keep their accounts or create new ones, which was mostly due to a lack of effective age checks on the platforms, it added.

More than eight in 10 Australian teenagers were still using social media three months after the government's landmark ban on the platforms for under-16s took effect because the…

In a study published on Friday, eSafety also found most children aged between 10 and 15 were using social media just as frequently in March as they had before the ban came into…