00:00The practical part is still a bit of a mystery because really what the eSafety Commissioner
00:06has done here in giving out these guidelines is taken what she's calling a principles-based
00:12approach.
00:13So what she's said to the platforms is however you're checking Australians' ages it needs
00:16to be reliable, accurate, robust and effective.
00:20She hasn't given them a list of concrete tools that they have to use or methods they have
00:26to use.
00:27So we'll have to wait and see which methods they do opt for.
00:32As you say, there won't be a legally enforceable minimum standard for accuracy, but eSafety
00:37will be enforcing a standard.
00:41It's been kept loose because the tech's evolving and they don't want to be too prescriptive
00:47because every platform's different basically.
00:49But we know for sure now that self-declaration, the batching of a parent, that kind of thing
00:52will not be good enough on its own, but we're going to have to wait and see what platforms
00:57opt for.
00:58And they're all going to opt for different things.
00:59We might start to hear a little bit more or even see some of the systems come into play
01:04early from social media companies doing different kinds of age checking.
01:08But one really interesting thing that's come out of this process this week is that it's
01:12looking like age inference will play a much bigger role than we initially thought, rather
01:17than what we all initially guessed at, which is handing over your ID or having your face
01:21scanned in the first place.
01:22In fact, it might be more frictionless as a process where companies are using existing
01:29data that they have.
01:30And in many cases, particularly older Australians, Australians who are well clear of that 16 year
01:35cut off, they may not even notice when the ban comes in because a social media company
01:41will have all the information they need to say, yes, we know you're well and truly over
01:4516.
01:46And yeah, that's an interesting part.
01:49It may be less of a bumpy and invasive ride than we've been expecting.
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