Tag: Age Assurance

Apple ‘unresponsive’ to govt’s age assurance trial

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
US tech giant Apple has been “unresponsive” to the Albanese government’s trial of age assurance technologies ahead of a ban on young Australians accessing social media later this year....

Age assurance trial casts wide net for world-first scheme

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Foreign technology firms will dominate the federal government’s trial of age assurance technologies, bringing with them dozens of cutting-edge solutions like hand and face scanning, and in many cases...

Age assurance ‘trap’ slowing online safety

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Debate about the workability of age verification technologies is a “trap” helping social media giants slow meaningful regulatory efforts, advocates are warning, as the federal government pours millions of...

Platform giants not compelled to trial age assurance

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Platform companies like Meta and TikTok will not be required to participate in the government’s trial of age assurance technologies, leaving the regulator reliant on the companies’ willingness to...

How could online age verification actually work?

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There is now a bipartisan push in Australia for children aged under 16 to be banned from using social media. To do this a form of online age verification...

Age verification trial tests to be outsourced

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A trial of age verification technologies will be managed by the Department of Communications, but technical effectiveness tests will be done by a third-party expert selected through a competitive...

Dutton pledges online crackdown in Budget reply

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A Dutton government would repeal the key part of the Future Made in Australia plan, lift a ban on nuclear energy and add social media platforms to a controversial...

Experts warn on ‘minefield’ age assurance trial

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Digital rights, tech and criminology experts have cast doubt on the federal government’s plan to trial age assurance technology to stop kids accessing online pornography, with warnings that politicking...