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Australia will trial ‘age assurance’ tech to bar kids from online porn
Updated On: 04 May, 2024 07:48 AM IST | Joondalup | Agencies
Controlling access to adult material is also aligned with debate over access to social media sites and other age-related restrictions.
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Responding to a resurgence in gender-based violence and deaths in Australia, the National Cabinet has committed almost AUSD 1 billion to a range of strategies. Tackling “online harms” was among the new commitments, including the introduction of a pilot programme to explore the use of age-checking technologies to restrict children’s access to inappropriate material online.
Under-age exposure to adult content is considered to be a contributory factor to domestic violence through fuelling harmful attitudes towards relationships. Controlling access to adult material is also aligned with debate over access to social media sites and other age-related restrictions.
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