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Australia will grant its online safety watchdog more powers and increase the maximum penalty for breaches of its world-first social media ban, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying big tech companies are not doing enough to comply.<\/p>\n

Under proposed legislation, the maximum penalty for social media companies that fail to prevent children under 16 from holding social media accounts would rise to A$99 million ($68 million), the government said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The legislation would also allow the\u00a0eSafety Commissioner\u00a0to compel social media companies to provide evidence of the steps they have taken to stop under-16s from obtaining accounts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s clear big tech are not doing enough to comply with the law \u2014 there are still too many children on social media,\u201d Albanese said in the statement.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0Australia\u2019s Social Media Ban Meets a Wave of Teen Workarounds<\/p>\n

The online safety watchdog is investigating potential breaches at Meta Platforms Inc.\u2019s Facebook and Instagram, as well as Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, the government said.<\/p>\n

More than 5 million accounts have been deactivated since the ban came into effect in December. Still, an observational study involving over 400 adolescents conducted by the\u00a0University of Newcastle\u00a0found that more than 85% of participants aged under 16 reported using social media during the three months after the ban came into effect.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s rules have prompted similar moves around the world. More than two dozen countries have said they are considering or moving toward restrictions of their own, including Indonesia, Brazil and Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The UK this month\u00a0proposed banning\u00a0under-16s from using social media, with plans to introduce legislation in Parliament before Christmas.<\/p>\n

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