… TikTok quickly filled with videos claiming to be from teens who said they were still able to use many of the major social media platforms, many with hundreds of comments from others agreeing and saying they’d had similar experiences. … One teen lamented losing “the last photo I had on my friend which were on snapchat and I obviously got banned, now I can never get those photos back”. Another teen captured themselves being deemed underage by one platform’s system, despite claiming to be old enough to use it.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/11/teen-social-media-ban-workaround-teenagers-under-16-fun/