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Australia's internet regulator said a teen social media ban would be the first domino to fall in a global push to rein in Big Tech, as Meta's Instagram, Facebook and Threads began locking out hundreds of thousands of accounts ahead of a deadline next week.
Australia’s world-first ban on social media accounts for under-16s is being cast by supporters as the “first domino” to fall in a global rollback of children’s presence on major platforms. Starting Dec.