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Australian trial of age‑assurance tech to keep under‑16s off social media finds errors ‘inevitable’
Report from age assurance trial finds multiple fallback options may be needed, as communications minister says there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution
The long-awaited report from the trial found that companies may need to provide multiple “fallback options” such as ID checks in those cases where age estimation technology fails. The report, released by the communications minister, Anika Wells, on Sunday evening, runs to 10 volumes, testing 60 technologies from 48 age assurance vendors. The report found that while it was “promising, this approach raises its own challenges related to accuracy, evasion tactics and the implications for user privacy and cross-border service access”.
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