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Age verification may be possible, but Australia's social-media ban faces challenges

By James Panichi and Saloni Sinha ( September 2, 2025, 07:34 GMT | Comment) -- A trial of age-verification technologies has given the Australian government the confidence boost it needs ahead of the introduction of a world-first social-media ban for under-16s. The tech companies providing the age-verification services have also welcomed the findings that “age assurance can be done in Australia,” despite some technological shortcomings. Meanwhile, the architect of the Australian ban, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, is fighting Big Tech on other fronts as well. Billed as a “snapshot” of the age-verification tech sector, the report of the Australian government’s trial of almost 50 technologies, published this week, was an immediate hit....

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