Snapchat, TikTok and Meta will comply with the government’s under-16 social media ban, confirming their capitulation during a tense senate inquiry in which TikTok was accused of intimidating a senator’s office for asking tough questions.

The platforms who failed to front an earlier inquiry this month, but had met with Communication Minister Anika Wells, told senators on Tuesday that they would not fight the ban, but that it would harm the wellbeing of young people locked out of the platforms.

“We will comply with the law, even though we believe it has been unevenly applied and risks undermining community confidence in the law,” Snap Inc’s senior vice president of global policy Jennifer Stout told the senate inquiry this morning.

“We know this will be difficult for young people who use S

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