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Australia’s pornography age-verification: a victory for advocates or a gateway to ‘darker corners of the internet’
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 14 March 2026
As users turn to VPNs to access pornography, experts warn collection of information creates a ‘honeytrap’ for bad actors
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When porn sites began blocking Australians from access , it also meant X began age-checking users before they could look at adult content on the social media site.
But it asked some users to send a video selfie every time they wanted to look at a single picture or video.
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