Australian Government Won't Require Adult Websites to Adopt Age Verification

The Australian government will not force adult websites to bring in age verification following concerns about privacy and the lack of maturity of the technology. The communications minister, Michelle Rowland, released the eSafety commissioner’s long-awaited roadmap for age verification for online pornographic material, which has been sitting with the government since March 2023.

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