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Thursday, August 13, 2026 · Kids Online

META DELETES 756,000 TEEN ACCOUNTS TO DODGE AUSTRALIAN AGE RULES...

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Meta scrubbed nearly 800,000 underage accounts in Australia to comply with new laws cracking down on Big Tech's hold on kids. Our February Cygnal poll nailed it: 81% of Americans — 66% strongly — support porn age verification, and 83% back app-store verification. These platforms know the public is done letting them prey on children.

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