Social media companies will not need to test the age of every social media user or meet a minimum standard for how many teenagers they boot off their platforms, with the federal government confirming a lighter-touch approach to enforcing its under-16 ban.

Long-awaited details about the operation of the ban will arrive on Tuesday, setting out the steps Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok and other platforms must take to avoid falling foul of the law.

While the platforms must satisfy the eSafety watchdog that they have taken "reasonable steps" to remove the accounts of those aged under 16, there will be no legally-enforceable standard for accuracy.

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The study, which will inform the government's impending social media

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