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New self-assessment tool shows if businesses face social-media ban in Australia

( September 4, 2025, 07:47 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A self-assessment tool launched by the Australian online safety regulator can be used by businesses to check if they are subject to the social-media ban for children under 16. In a statement today, the Australian eSafety Commissioner said that the regulator has published summaries of its community consultation and a self-assessment tool. The statement said that the tool will help online services determine if they are “likely to be an age-restricted social media platform and therefore obliged to take reasonable steps to prevent under-16s from holding accounts.”The full statement by the Australian eSafety Commissioner follows; summaries of eSafety’s consultation on social media age restrictions and a step-by-step guide to the self-assessment tool are attached:...

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