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Snapchat says Australia's online-safety watchdog misclassified it as social media

By Saloni Sinha ( October 28, 2025, 05:41 GMT | Insight) -- Snapchat has provided Australia’s online-safety regulator with “compelling evidence” showing that its primary purpose is messaging and that it was misclassified for the purposes of the new social-media age limits, set to take effect on Dec. 10, the company said. Appearing via video call at a parliamentary hearing in Canberra on Tuesday, a top Snapchat official said that while the company would comply with Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age rules, it believed the ban had been unevenly applied and may risk undermining community confidence in the law. Snapchat has provided Australia’s online-safety regulator with “compelling evidence” showing that its primary purpose is messaging and that it was misclassified for the purposes of the new social-media age limits, set to take effect on Dec. 10, the company said....

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