Katie Silva

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Social media companies behind Snap, TikTok and Instagram have told the Australian government they deactivated some 4.7 million accounts in the first two days after social media laws took effect last month.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calls the early data encouraging.

Earlier this week, Meta revealed that it had kicked more than half a million Australian children off its platforms, including 330,000 off Instagram.

Companies that fail to get children off the platforms face fines of US$33 million.

So far, none have been fined.

The government says it will use this data to examine whether social media giants are doing enough.

For NPR News, I'm Katie Silva in Sydney.

And I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.