Child protection advocates and the federal Opposition have criticised the Albanese government’s decision not to introduce a mandatory age verification regime for online pornography and other adult content.
But digital rights organisations have strongly backed the “sensible” move, which came just hours before a similar laws in Texas was blocked by a federal judge for being unconstitutional and poorly defined.
On Thursday, the federal government released its long-awaited age verification roadmap, which said that forthcoming voluntary online safety codes, rather than age assurance technology, be used to protect children in the first instance.
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