Search engines and social media giants would be expected to filter, blur and block online pornography and other age-inappropriate by default for children under the latest set of online safety codes.
The draft codes, released for public consultation on Tuesday, have been developed by local tech industry groups like DIGI and the Comms Alliance over the past four months to limit the exposure of explicit content to adults.
They represents the second phase of a process that began with voluntary codes and mandatory standards for class 1A and class 1B content, such as child sexual exploitation material and pro-terror material.
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