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The Age Verification Technologies Under-16s Could Face Amid Social Media Ban

The ban aims to enhance online safety by requiring platforms to detect and deactivate accounts of under-16 users, with potential fines up to $49.5 million for non-compliance.

Summary by ABC Australia
Handing over identification documents or biometric screening — these are the barriers teens could face under the social media ban.

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Measures such as Australia's on the ban on social networks for children under 16 years of age imply that older people submit to them, which means that all Australian users of social networks will have to prove their age. This is similar to that of other countries such as France, which now require an age check for access to certain sites. That is to say that age and identity verification comes on the whole of the country.

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Developpez.com broke the news in on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
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