Australia’s online safety watchdog today said it was considering moving to court against several social media platforms, alleging they are not doing enough to keep Australian children younger than 16 off their mobile applications. Experts said the Australian courts could decide what steps the platforms can reasonably be expected to take under the laws that took effect in December last year, banning young children from holding accounts. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant released her first compliance report since those laws took effect, demanding that 10 platforms remove all Australian account-holders younger than 16. The report said, while 5 million Australian accounts had been deactivated, a substantial number of Australian children continued to retain accounts, create new accounts and pass platforms’ age assurance systems. Communications Minister Anika Wells alleged that the five platforms were deliberately not complying with Australian law.