What we know so far about the looming social media ban

Parents, teenagers and educators have the next two months to prepare for the upcoming social media ban.

Here's what we know so far:

* Australia's world-leading under-16s social media ban comes into force on December 10

* Approximately 1.5 million accounts on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Threads and X will be deactivated on this date

* The onus is on platforms to comply with the federal government's legislation to "detect and deactivate or remove" accounts from existing underage users

* Part of the legislation requires platforms to provide a straightforward process for appealing such assessments if an account is deactivated

* Platforms face fines of up to $50 million if they are found to have not taken "reasonable steps" to comply with the legislation, but there won't be fine