Australia’s Online Regulator Calls on Tech Giants to Reveal Child User Data

Published on September 4, 2024

Australia’s online regulator has asked social media companies to disclose the number of children using their platforms, and how they are enforcing age limits. Eight companies have 30 days to respond to eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, who will publish the findings. The request has gone out to Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram, the Google-owned YouTube, the Chinese-backed TikTok, Snap, Reddit, Discord, and Twitch. X, owned by Elon Musk, was not on the list of platforms contacted by Inman Grant. She said introducing some form of age limit for social media could be on the cards. “We know that when it comes to keeping children safe online, we need a multi-pronged approach,” she said in a release....

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