Overview
- Australia will add Reddit and Kick.com to its under‑16 restrictions from December 10, bringing the covered services to nine including TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.
- Companies that fail to implement effective age controls face fines of up to A$49.5 million, according to the eSafety regulator.
- Australia’s rule does not cover messaging or gaming services such as WhatsApp or standalone messenger apps.
- Denmark announced a political agreement to set a national minimum age of 15 for certain social networks, with parental permission allowing access from 13, while the platform scope and timeline remain undefined.
- Germany has no statutory minimum age for social-media use, and leading education voices are calling for legal platform obligations and stronger age-related safeguards.