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Originally Posted by jem
No, absolutely not.
The point of Apple’s requirement for age verification is to cover themselves with respect to the OSA and also with new legislation in California. Not verifying your age, blocks you from installing 18+ rated apps from the App Store, and a couple of other things regarding settings. But this is absolutely not shared with anyone else, so no; websites hosting adult content will still need to check themselves.
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Thanks for explaining, so this measure is limited in what it can do. I think it worth the powers that be exploring if the device age verification could be extended to the internet as a whole, so that adults aren't inconvenienced by having to repeatedly verify theur age whilst, at the ssne time, children are blocked from inappropriate sites.
Re: The Australian ban on social media for U16's.
Channel 5 say that reported figures show that 61% of children aged 12 to 15 are still accessing social media. This isn't because they are somehow circumventing the ban eg by using VPN's, but because social media companies aren't doing as they should do.