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Australia is threatening legal action against major social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube for failing to enforce its social media ban for children under the age of 16. The law, introduced last year to protect mental health in young people, could lead to fines of up to US$34 million per violation. Tech companies argue that age verification is not always reliable.

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00:00Australia is threatening to sue social media giants for allegedly breaching its teen social
00:05media ban.
00:07If these look companies want to do business in Australia, they must obey Australian laws.
00:13As the independent regulator, eSafety is actively investigating potential non-compliance in
00:20relation to five platforms – Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube.
00:27The government says it's collecting evidence that major tech companies are not enforcing
00:32a ban on under-16s using social media.
00:35The legislation brought in last year is meant to help the mental health and safety of young
00:40people.
00:41Meta and Snap say they are following the ban, but that age verification technology is not
00:46always reliable.
00:48Social media platforms could face fines of up to US$34 million per violation.
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