Meta: 750,000 Social Media Accounts of Australian Children Removed

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) Stock Price Ticks Higher Despite Mounting Australian Regulatory Pressure

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), the social-media giant behind Facebook and Instagram, edged roughly 0.3% higher Friday morning even as regulatory heat from Australia intensified significantly. Australia’s under-16 social-media ban, which took effect December 10, has placed Meta’s enforcement capabilities under an increasingly harsh spotlight from lawmakers and regulators. Meta deactivated 462,000 suspected underage Instagram accounts and 294,000 …

Meta: 750,000 social media accounts of Australian children removed

Meta has confirmed it has removed a combines 750,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to children under 16 in Australia. A ban on social media access for young people has been in force in the country on creating and maintaining an account with social networks for that age group since December 2025. Social media is [… The post Meta: 750,000 social media accounts of Australian children removed appeared first on TechCentral.ie.