Snapchat has highlighting gaps in Australia's social media minimum age law, including inaccurate age verification despite complying with it ...

Social media platform says there are still ‘real technical limitations to accurate and dependable age verification’ ...

Is Snap solving the problem of age verification, or passing it on? The full picture is more complicated than it seems.

Snapchat has blocked 415,000 accounts under Australia's social media ban for under-16s, the company said Monday, but warned some youngsters may be bypassing age verification technology. As of the end ...

Snapchat has now joined the efforts of Meta in advocating for age-verification at an app store level, as “an additional safeguard”.

In just a matter of weeks, a new law will come into force in Australia that will prevent children under the age of 16 from using the biggest social media platforms in a bid to reduce harm. One of the ...

Snap has argued throughout the Australian legislative process that it shouldn’t be affected by the prohibition, because it is ...

Australia is implementing the ‘Social Media Minimum Age Act’ and today, Snapchat has strongly voiced its disagreement with this classification, arguing that its service is primarily a visual messaging ...

Snapchat has blocked over 415,000 under-16 accounts in Australia amid social media ban, while warning that age verification gaps persist. Platforms face heavy fines as regulators push app stores to ...

Pakistan, Feb. 2 -- SYDNEY: Snapchat has blocked 415,000 accounts in Australia under the country's new social media ban for ...

Snapchat, the world's first visual messaging app, announced on Monday, February 2, 2026, that it has blocked 415,000 accounts ...