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Australians will have to verify their age to watch pornography from Monday. Here’s what you need to know

Australians will have to verify their age to watch pornography from Monday. Here’s what you need to know

Measures could include photo ID, facial age estimation, credit card checks and confirmation of age by a parent

The eSafety commissioner’s office has said the age-assurance trial report found geolocation technology and other signals could be used to detect if users are trying to use a VPN. The report itself suggests VPN users should not be blocked, but checked with age verification. That could mean that, if implemented, anyone using a VPN anywhere in the world to access the sites would have to verify their age, despite not being in Australia.

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