Did Australia's under-16s social media ban work?

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Under the law, social media companies must take "reasonable steps" to keep kids off their platforms, and face fines off up to A$49.5m (£24.5m) if they fail to do so.
Children and parents are not punished for infringing the ban.
According to the Australian government, 4.7 million under-16 accounts were deactivated, removed or restricted within the first few days of the ban.
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