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Tess Ikonomou

REVEALED: Next step in australia s social media ban for kids - The Real Truth

Foreign governments are monitoring Australia's crack down on tech giants over social media bans. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Nations around the globe are looking to Australia's world-leading ban on children using social media, as age verification trials are underway to test how it might be enforced.

Platforms will have to take reasonable steps to prevent under-16s from creating accounts, and face $50 million fines for systemic breaches of the new rules.

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