Games with ‘loot boxes’ should be classified for over-15s – but a new study shows many of the most popular mobile games completely ignore the rules.
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Roblox, Whatsapp and many other tech platforms will need to ‘self-assess’ and ask to be excused from Australia’s looming social media restrictions for under-16s.
Accessing gambling and pornography sites may well get harder in Australia, if plans for mandatory age-verification go ahead. But there are already technical workarounds for determined web users.
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, University of Sydney
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