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Government considers online age laws that could restrict children from social media
The federal opposition urges the government to trial age verification schemes that would lock children out of social media platforms, as X's feud with Australia escalates.
The federal opposition is urging the government to trial age verification on social media, wanting to block young Australian children from accessing platforms and being exposed to harmful images and videos. The calls have ramped up in the wake of the latest legal stoush between the federal government and tech billionaire Elon Musk, over demands for his platform X to block access to a video of a stabbing at a Sydney church last week. The matter is due to be heard in the Federal Court, with lawyers for X insisting the Australian government, through the eSafety commissioner, should not be able to censor content on the platform and demand global restrictions on images and videos.
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