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"Australia’s move to ban under-16s from social media is receiving widespread
praise. Other countries, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Singapore and
Japan, are also now reportedly considering similar moves.
The ban was legislated in November 2024 and is due to take effect in December
2025. The law says social media platforms can’t use official IDs such as
passports to check Australian users’ ages, and shouldn’t track Australians. But
it doesn’t specify the alternative.
To test alternative methods, the federal government commissioned a trial of
currently available technologies designed to “assure” people’s age online. Run
by the Age Check Certification Scheme, a UK-based company specialising in
testing and certifying identity verification systems, the trial is in its final
stages. Results are expected at the end of June.
So what are the technologies being trialled? Are they likely to work? And how
might they – and the social media ban itself – alter the relationship all of us
have with our dominant forms of digital communication?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
