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Explainer Australians will have to verify their age to watch pornography from December. Here’s what you need to know
Measures could include photo ID, facial age estimation, credit card checks and confirmation of age by a parent
The second tranche, in March, will cover websites, social media, storage services, AI chatbots, app stores and equipment providers like phone makers or console developers. However, in a frequently asked questions for the changes released this week, the eSafety commissioner’s office said that the federal government has decided pornography is legal but restricted its access to adults. That is a possibility, along with sites simply choosing to block Australian users altogether, and it is something critics of the UK age assurance system have warned is happening there.
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