2026-01-12 08:28:35

Meta has terminated over 550,000 accounts belonging to children following Australia's social media ban implementation. The enforcement marks a significant shift in how major platforms handle age verification and underage user access across regulated markets. Australia's legislation represents one of the first comprehensive restrictions on social media for minors, creating a precedent that other jurisdictions are closely monitoring. Platform operators now face increasing pressure to implement stricter compliance measures, raising questions about data handling, age authentication technology, and the future of platform responsibility in regulated environments.

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GateUser-a606bf0c

· 16h ago

550,000 accounts disappeared overnight, Australia is really ruthless this time In the era of artificial intelligence, what do we rely on to verify age? Face recognition? ID cards? Australia dares to be the first to take the risk, other countries probably can't sit still either But what about the children? Is it really reasonable to kick them all out? Now Meta will have to spend a lot of money to redo compliance

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NftRegretMachine

· 22h ago

Australia's recent move, 550,000 baby accounts are gone... Is it true? Did Meta go this far?

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MetaMaskVictim

· 22h ago

Australia's move, 550,000 small accounts gone haha, but really, Meta should have done this a long time ago

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SchrodingerGas

· 22h ago

Australia's recent move directly hit the platform's game-theoretic equilibrium point; the deletion of 5.5 million accounts indicates that age verification no longer offers any arbitrage opportunities.

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HallucinationGrower

· 22h ago

Australia's recent crackdown is really fierce; 550,000 small accounts were directly wiped out, and Meta was forced to install a gate.

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FomoAnxiety

· 22h ago

5.5 million accounts banned... Australia is really tough this time --- No, do we really need to verify age? How long will it take for everyone to go online like this --- Honestly, meta's move is quite clever, shifting the blame to the government --- Wait, how are those kids' data handled? What about privacy --- Another country implementing bans, other platforms should be worried --- 5.5 million... Oh my god, how many of them are actually kids haha --- Australia started this trend, will other countries follow suit and ban globally --- Real-name verification... is it a bit unreasonable

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BearMarketSurvivor

· 22h ago

5.5 million accounts banned? Australia is serious about this, Meta better behave now --- Young kids on social media should be regulated, but the real issue is how to verify identity... --- Once again, Australia—this country is really reshaping internet rules --- Haha, let's see if other countries follow suit. The US probably won't do the same --- Data privacy, age verification, platform responsibility... In short, the era of unregulated control is coming

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