Snap offers Australians bank-linked age proof tool ahead of teen social media ban


FILE PHOTO: The Snapchat app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Corrects to say ConnectID is a software programme, not an application, in paragraph 3)

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Snap said on Monday it will offer Australians the chance to verify their age with software owned by the country's banks as the internet platform complies with a teenage social media ban which takes effect next month.

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