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Australia Plans Age Limit To Ban Children From Social Media
Tuesday September 10, 2024. 03:00 PM , from Slashdot
It is not even clear that the technology exists to reliably enforce such bans, said the University of Melbourne's associate professor in computing and information technology, Toby Murray. 'The government is currently trialling age assurance technology. But we already know that present age verification methods are unreliable, too easy to circumvent, or risk user privacy,' he said. But the prime minister said parents expected a response to online bullying and the access social media gave to harmful material. 'These social media companies think they're above everyone,' he told a radio interviewer. 'Well, they have a social responsibility and at the moment, they're not exercising it. And we're determined to make sure that they do,' he said. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/027237/australia-plans-age-limit-to-ban-children-from-socia...
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