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Grace Crivellaro

HISTORICAL FACTS: Set up to fail countdown to kids social media ban - Caught on Camera

Tech giants won't want other nations to adopt Australian-style social media bans, an executive says. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Tech giants won't bat an eyelid at the fines enforced under Australia's social media ban but they will start sweating if other nations follow suit, a former Facebook executive says.

Children younger than 16 will be booted off Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, Kick and Reddit when Australia's world-leading ban kicks in on December 10.

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