Shafaqna English- Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced on Thursday(13 Aug 2026) that it has removed over 750,000 accounts believed to belong to Australian users under the age of 16 since the implementation of the world’s first ban on teen social media accounts. The company also pledged to take further action should regulators choose to intervene.
The company disclosed that it deactivated 462,000 suspected Instagram accounts and 294,000 suspected Facebook accounts between the period just before Australia’s social media ban went into effect in December and the end of June. This marks a significant increase from the 331,000 Instagram and 173,000 Facebook accounts it had removed as of January.
Source: Reuters