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Ex-advisory board member slams Australian age-verification trial, social-media ban

By Saloni Sinha ( September 10, 2025, 07:29 GMT | Insight) -- A former member of the advisory board for Australia’s age-assurance technology trial has slammed the government’s handling of both the trial and the upcoming social-media ban, dismissing claims that age-verification technology is effective. In an interview with MLex, John Pane, a former member of the Age Assurance Technology Trial Stakeholder Advisory Board and the chair of digital-rights group Electronics Frontiers Australia, said the government’s move to ban social media for children under the age of 16 was “performative.” A former member of the advisory board for Australia’s age-assurance technology trial has slammed the government’s handling of both the trial and the upcoming social-media ban, dismissing claims that age-verification technology is effective....

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