2026-01-17 04:35:49

Nearly 4.7 million accounts belonging to children under 16 have been removed from social media platforms following Australia's ban on youth access. Platform operators have been actively enforcing the new restrictions, marking a significant shift in how major social networks are handling age verification and user account management in the region.

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ZKProofster

· 6h ago

technically speaking, australia just proved age verification can actually work at scale... though the implementation details they're using are probably hilarious if you dig into the cryptography. 4.7M accounts nuked is a hefty signal, ngl.

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ContractCollector

· 6h ago

Australia's recent move is really tough—deleting 4.7 million accounts in one go... Now parents can finally sleep peacefully, right?

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