Australia proposes legal minimum age for children accessing social media

Australia proposes legal minimum age for children accessing social media
The Australian government has promised to legislate this year to enforce a minimum age for children to access social media (Yui Mok/PA)

The Australian government has promised to legislate this year to enforce a minimum age for children to access social media, but it has yet to announce how ages will be verified.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government will soon trial age verification technology with a view to banning children from opening social media accounts.

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