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Australia Deactivates 4.7 Million Children’s Social Media Accounts

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Canberra, Jan 16 (IANS) Over 4.7 million accounts belonging to children were deactivated in the first days of Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s, the federal government said on Friday.Data released by the government’s eSafety commissioner revealed that social media companies removed access to around 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children under 16 in the days after the ban took effect on December 10.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that it was encouraging…