Online Code to Limit Access to Porn and Gambling, Uncertainty Over How It Will Work

A new code that will impose a duty on tech companies to protect children from pornographic websites and certain online games could come into effect in 2025. Still, there is no indication of how the technology would work. The Draft Online Safety Codes were designed by five Australian communications, digital, and video game industry associations, that will seek public feedback before submitting them to the eSafety Commissioner. They’re designed to protect children from explicit material, so this could mean messaging services automatically detect and blur nude images, and dating services expressly prohibit sexual extortion attempts. However, the technology that would implement such restrictions remains unclear since the federal government has yet to reveal the results of a $6.5 million trial....