This slipped under the radar - age verification for search engines in Australia to start in "no later than six months" after the “Internet Search Engine Services Online Safety Code (Class 1C and Class 2 Material)” was accepted by the eSafety Commissioner a few days ago. They're gonna require age verification for way more than just social media.
https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/australians-to-face-age-checks-from-search-engines.html
decryption
npub187…ueh70
2025-07-01 22:32:36 UTC
Author Public Key
npub187d524jd9mwqnv0jp0w4esmym9n6k8rgx7x6uav3txd8alszrzqsaueh70Seen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2025-07-01 22:32:36 UTCEvent JSON
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