Twitch Added to Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban

Pinterest and Roblox remain exempt from the ban coming into effect from Dec. 10.

A gamepad is pictured as a screen displays the online Twitch platform in Toulouse, southwestern France, on June 15, 2021. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images

Australia’s online safety regulator has formally included Twitch under the country’s impending under-16 social media ban.

The platform, was classified as an “age-restricted social media platform” on Nov. 21, three weeks before the world-first ban takes effect on Dec. 10.