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'This is working': Nearly five million accounts wiped after under-16 ban | 9 News Australia
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28:09Now PlayingNearly five million social media accounts were wiped in the first week of Australia's under-16 social media ban, Communications Minister Anika Wells confirmed today.
The ban, which came into effect on December 10, is the first of its kind globally.
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