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Tech companies ready to consult on Australia's under-16 social-media ban

By James Panichi ( June 13, 2025, 06:48 GMT | Insight) -- Fifty tech-industry representatives have put their names forward to be part of a panel tasked with advising Australia’s online-safety regulator on defining the “reasonable steps” social-media companies must take under the country’s controversial age restrictions. In a document published today, the eSafety Commissioner said the new consultation would help develop the implementing regulation for the 2024 Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act — the ban on social media for under-16s that will come into effect on Dec. 11, 2025Fifty tech-industry representatives have put their names forward to be part of a panel tasked with advising Australia’s online-safety regulator on defining the “reasonable steps” social-media companies must take under the country’s controversial age restrictions....

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