Summary
The regulation aims to limit social media use for children younger than sixteen, but studies indicate that more than eighty percent of those children continue to be active on these platforms.
Key Points
4 points1
Approximately 756,000 Australian teen accounts were removed by Meta.
2
Australia is introducing a rule to protect children younger than sixteen on social media.
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Independent studies show over 80% of children under sixteen still use social media after the rule started.
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The deletions are part of preparing for the upcoming enforcement of the rule.
New Words to Learn
6 wordsMeta
the company that operates Facebook, Instagram and other social media services
teen
a person aged roughly 13 to 19 years
regulation
an official rule made by a government
enforcement
the act of making sure a rule is followed
independent
not controlled by any particular group or government
studies
research projects that collect and analyze data
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