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Communications Minister Anika Wells announced that legal action is expected to proceed against five platforms. The country's online safety regulator, the eSafety Commissioner, had been investigating Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube for potential breaches of the law. This legislation requires companies to take reasonable steps to prevent underage users from holding social media accounts, aiming to protect them from harmful online content."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A report published by eSafety in July indicated that most underage social media users were able to maintain their existing accounts or create new ones. This was largely attributed to a lack of effective age verification measures on the platforms. In response to such alleged non-compliance, the Australian government has doubled the maximum penalty for breaches of the ban to A$109.2 million. 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