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A regulator report shows more than 80% of Australian teens under 16 remain online three months after the ban, with platforms' weak age checks allowing many to retain or create accounts; daily use barely declined and parental awareness waned, prompting the government to defend the policy as a public health measure despite widespread circumvention.
Australia will double the maximum penalty for breaches of the social media minimum age law to 99 million dollars and give the eSafety Commissioner power to compel platforms to show what steps they have taken to comply with the ban on under-16 users; despite the ban on 10 major platforms since December 2025, enforcement remains difficult, with investigations into Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube and many youths reportedly still able to access banned apps.
An Australian court fined X Corp. for breaching online-safety rules, a ruling backed by eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, underscoring tougher enforcement of platform safety obligations in Australia.