This week marks a historic shift. Over 1 million accounts owned by Australians under 16? Shut down. Gone.
It's a global first—a nationwide crackdown targeting what regulators describe as platforms that hook kids and harm their well-being.
The responsibility now falls squarely on tech giants. They're the ones tasked with enforcement.
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GateUser-6bc33122
· 12-12 14:59
Australia's recent crackdown is really fierce—100 million accounts are directly closed, and platforms have to cooperate obediently.
Finally, tech giants are going to pay the price for harming children.
But that said, can this move really stop minors from flooding the screens... It feels like there's still a way to bypass it.
Like this regulatory crackdown—hope other countries will follow suit.
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AlphaBrain
· 12-10 14:45
Australia's recent move is really aggressive. Over a million accounts were just banned, whether the kids are saved or wrongly accused, who knows...
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ForkTongue
· 12-10 10:25
Australia's wave is really ruthless, one million trumpets are gone overnight, but to be honest, the platform should have done this a long time ago
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FrogInTheWell
· 12-10 03:34
Australia's wave of play is really ruthless, a million accounts say delete it... But then again, can 😌 this really cure the root cause?
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ApeShotFirst
· 12-09 19:54
Damn, Australia is really tough on this one—just wiping out a million small accounts? If this goes global, we won't be able to hold on haha
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GateUser-44a00d6c
· 12-09 19:52
This move by Australia directly shut down a million accounts. Kids playing on platforms are really being cracked down on... But how long can this effect last?
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Wait, tech giants are enforcing this themselves? Who would trust them, haha.
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1 million accounts gone overnight; parents have finally taken action.
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The first country in the world to do this—pretty ruthless... But will this really stop kids from continuing to swipe?
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It's more reliable for regulators to enforce than for platforms to self-regulate, but will tech giants really comply obediently?
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Now small-town youths have nowhere to play… Australians really dare to take things seriously.
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NFTregretter
· 12-09 19:50
Oh my, Australia is really getting serious. Shutting down one million accounts just like that... If this happened in Web3, more than half of the exchanges wouldn’t survive.
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InfraVibes
· 12-09 19:48
Australia's move this time is really ruthless, directly banning one million accounts... By the way, can platforms really manage kids well?
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FreeMinter
· 12-09 19:36
Australia’s move is really something else—directly banning a million underage accounts... But then again, can tech giants really handle this properly?
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SchrodingerWallet
· 12-09 19:28
Australia directly banned a million underage accounts... That's a tough move, but who will really regulate the tech giants?
This week marks a historic shift. Over 1 million accounts owned by Australians under 16? Shut down. Gone.
It's a global first—a nationwide crackdown targeting what regulators describe as platforms that hook kids and harm their well-being.
The responsibility now falls squarely on tech giants. They're the ones tasked with enforcement.