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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

FOUND: Australia adds reddit and kick to social media platforms banning children under 16 - What They Never Told You

The message board Reddit and the livestreaming service Kick have been added to a list of social media platforms that must ban Australian children younger than 16 from having accounts.

The platforms will join Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X and YouTube in facing the world-first legal obligation, the country’s communications minister Anika Wells said.

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