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TikTok, Snapchat explore exemptions, workarounds to Australia's social media ban

By Saloni Sinha ( October 14, 2025, 07:04 GMT | Insight) -- TikTok and Snapchat floated possible workarounds or exemptions from Australia’s upcoming social-media restrictions for users under 16 during talks this week with regulators. Meanwhile, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant said Meta Platforms is further ahead than most peers in deploying age-assurance technology before the ban takes effect, and that her office sent OpenAI regulatory guidance and an assessment tool after it launched a new app, Sora, with AI-generated social-media features.TikTok and Snapchat appear to have suggested legal workarounds or potential exemptions from Australia's upcoming social-media restrictions for children under 16 at a meeting this week with the government regulators....

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