Australia adds Amazon’s Twitch as age-restricted social media platform

eSafety, Australia’s internet watchdog, announced that it has informed Amazon’s (AMZN) Twitch it is considered an age-restricted social media platform required to take reasonable steps to prevent under-16s from having accounts, in accordance with Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age legislation. Following Twitch’s own self-assessment, eSafety assessed Twitch as meeting the criteria for ‘age-restricted social media platform’, because it has the sole or significant purpose of online social interaction with features designed to encourage user interaction, including through livestreaming content. eSafety has also informed Pinterest (PINS) it does not consider it subject to age restrictions on the basis it does not currently meet the criteria for an ‘age-restricted social media platform’. While Pinterest enables some online social interaction, it is not the significant purpose.