Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, recently directed social media companies to take steps to prevent children from altering or falsifying their age to bypass upcoming restrictions for users under 16. This directive is part of the broader implementation of the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024, which requires platforms to enforce age verification and block underage users starting December 10, 2025. The Commissioner stressed that platforms must iden...| Malcolm Roberts
Life will never guarantee safety. That is not an excuse to legislate danger. Australia is set to ‘quietly’ introduce ‘unprecedented’ age verification checks for YouTube and Google as part of a wider push to gate-keep access to social media. Quietly. Without the consent of the Australian people. Labor is pushing ahead despite alarming fallout from […]| Malcolm Roberts
Just as Australians are adjusting to the idea of having their ages checked for social media, age assurance rules are being applied to search engines and many other corners of the internet.| www.abc.net.au
Online giant YouTube has hit out at calls by Australia's internet safety watchdog for the platform to be included in the ban on social media for children.| Canberra CityNews