Teens hoping to get around Australia’s social media ban are rushing to smaller apps. Where are they going?

As Meta begins deleting accounts and the deadline looms, children have already begun to flock to platforms not included in the banned list, like Coverstar, Lemon8, Yope and Rednote

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As Australia prepares to block under-16s from accessing 10 of its largest social media platforms, less prominent companies have begun courting the teen market - in some cases paying underaged influencers to promote them.

One teenaged TikTok influencer said in a paid collab" video for the app Coverstar: The social media ban is fast approaching, but I found the new cool app we can all move to."