Debate about the workability of age verification technologies is a âtrapâ helping social media giants slow meaningful regulatory efforts, advocates are warning, as the federal government pours millions of...
Platform companies like Meta and TikTok will not be required to participate in the governmentâs trial of age assurance technologies, leaving the regulator reliant on the companiesâ willingness to...
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...
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...
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...
Digital rights, tech and criminology experts have cast doubt on the federal governmentâs plan to trial age assurance technology to stop kids accessing online pornography, with warnings that politicking...
Australia and United Kingdom have committed to bilateral cooperation on improving digital online safety and security issues under a new intergovernmental agreement. The Memorandum of Understanding includes references to...
An Opposition bill that would force the government to trial age assurance technology to protect children from online pornography would also require it to be piloted for online gambling,...