Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat could be asked to participate in the Australian government’s age-assurance technology trial to assess whether it would stop teenagers from accessing social media and pornography. But communications department officials told the Social Media and Australian Society inquiry on Tuesday they did not have the power to compel tech giants to participate in the trial and could only request their co-operation.
“We’re doing it in the context of children’s access to pornography where under the age of 18 it’s pretty well agreed you shouldn’t be looking at pornography,” she said. “But we will also be looking at younger ages for the work that the government has asked us to do on children’s access to social media.” Gannon said while the department had approached social networks about participating in the trial, the department could not compel them to do so.
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