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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.

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

So far, none have been found.

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

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

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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 Silver in Sydney.

He came on a student visa.

He was then shot dead by the authorities.

He wasn't known to police, but his 24-year-old son, Naveem, who was born in Australia, we found out he was investigated in 2019 over fears of radicalisation, and we have since seen a video emerge of him pledging allegiance to ISIS.

Katie Silver in Melbourne.

They have condemned the attack significantly, saying there's no place for evil anti-Semitism.