Calls for Age Verification on Social Media Grow

Calls for Age Verification on Social Media Grow
A photo taken on March 11, 2024, shows the logo of U.S. online social media and social networking service X on a smartphone screen in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images
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Australian children could be barred from some websites, as a furore between Australian politicians and billionaire Elon Musk reignites calls for age verification technology.

Whether graphic content should remain on social media has become the subject of heated debate as social media site X, formerly Twitter, fights an edict from the eSafety Commissioner to remove content of a stabbing at a Sydney church.