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Australia’s social media ban for under-16s is now law. There’s plenty we still don’t know – video

Digital media | The Guardian · Josh Taylor, Lisa Favazzo, and Michael Kalenderian · last updated

As Guardian Australia’s technology reporter Josh Taylor explains, there’s a lot we don’t yet know about how the social media ban for Australians under 16 will work in practice. That includes which platforms will be affected and how those platforms will determine users are the age they say they are. And since it won’t come into force for a year – after the next federal election – that will be the problem of whoever is the next communication minister

 

 

 

 

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