Two more popular online platforms have been caught in the net of the Australia’s tough new social media minimum age laws , which will come into effect within weeks.

Just a day after its co-founder and chief executive reportedly became a billionaire, Reddit was named in an updated list of sites that will be “age-restricted” from December 10, with teens under 16 needing to be booted off.

Australian livestreaming platform Kick was the second addition to the list announced by the government on Tuesday evening, joining Facebook , Instagram , Snapchat , TikTok , YouTube and X, formerly Twitter .

Those companies face fines of up to $49.5 million if they fail to take “reasonable steps” to stop under-16s from holding accounts with them.

About 1.5 million profiles will reportedly nee

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