Australia’s eSafety commissioner is withholding data on under-16 account removals while investigating five major platforms for compliance with the new social media ban.
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Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe eSafety commissioner won’t release updated figures on the number of accounts held by under 16s that have been deactivated or suspended in compliance with the social media ban as investigations are underway into compliance with five of the platforms.In March, the commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, announced that TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat were under investigation for compliance with the ban, and with new powers to compel the companies to produce documents, that investigation is under way, Inman Grant told Senate estimates last night. Continue reading...
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