Australians to face age checks from search engines

Australians are broadly supportive of these kind of actions - there is a view that foreign internet behemoths have failed to moderate for themselves and will therefore have moderation imposed on them however imperfect.

Can’t say I blame them.

If you read through the issues that ASIO says they are most concerned about, it’s clear that companies like Meta have a lot to answer for.

https://www.intelligence.gov.au/news/asio-annual-threat-asse...