Meta removes access to 550,000 accounts for Australia’s social media ban

On a blog post, Meta said, “As we are now one month into Australia’s social media age ban law being in effect, we wanted to provide an update on how we’ve commenced our compliance with the law, our ongoing work to provide privacy-preserving age appropriate experiences, and some of the initial impacts we have seen as a result of the law that suggest it is not meeting its objectives of increasing the safety and well-being of young Australians. As of 11 December 2025, we removed access to almost 550,000 accounts belonging to people we understand to be under 16 years-old.”