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Teens Return to TikTok After World’s First Usage Ban, Data Show

Bloomberg Technology Tuesday 25 August 2026, 07:00 UTC By Newley Purnell 1 min read
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Big Tech Teens Return to TikTok After World’s First Usage Ban, Data Show Eight months after implementing a ban on under-16s accessing social media services like TikTok, Australia finds its younger users are returning in droves, according to new data from Qustodio. Some 26% of children between the ages of 13 and 15 were on TikTok as of last month, just one percentage point below the rate prior to Australia’s groundbreaking rules coming into effect, the parental control software maker said....

Big Tech Teens Return to TikTok After World’s First Usage Ban, Data Show Eight months after implementing a ban on under-16s accessing social media services like TikTok, Australia finds its younger users are returning in droves, according to new data from Qustodio. Some 26% of children between the ages of 13 and 15 were on TikTok as of last month, just one percentage point below the rate prior to Australia’s groundbreaking rules coming into effect, the parental control software maker said. The rate for children between the ages of 10 and 12 is higher now than before the ban, according to the data.
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