Tag: Age Assurance

‘Serious concerns’: X seeks delay to social media ban

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Controversial social media platform X is seeking an eleventh-hour delay to Australia’s social media age ban, claiming it could violate human rights and the company has not had enough...

Platforms raised alarm on age assurance trial midway through

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s trial of age assurance technology used a “mystery shopping” company that tried to recruit its own staff to test options like facial and voice analysis, according to insiders’...

Australia introduces age assurance for porn sites, AI chat bots

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Pornographic websites and providers of AI companion bots will be required to check Australian users’ ages from next year, after the online safety regulator accepted industry’s plans to restrict...

Senate to probe youth social media ban

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Liberal and Nationals senators have sided with the Greens to set up a parliamentary probe into the federal government’s social media ban for under-16s and search engine age verification....

‘Privacy washing’: Age assurance trial adviser speaks out

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A privacy expert who advised on Australia’s age assurance technology trial has broken ranks to raise serious concerns about the methodology and conclusions, casting further doubt on the exercise....