Wiggle room: Platforms get light touch rules for social media ban


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The “reasonable steps” social media companies must take to keep children off their platforms do not include verifying the age of each user or minimum levels of accuracy, regulatory guidelines released three months out from the ban show.

The guidelines published by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner on Tuesday confirm that companies like YouTube, Meta and TikTok will be allowed to implement the ban for under 16s using a …

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