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Australia's teen social media ban struggling to clear age-check hurdles, says testing firm
Australia's first-of-its-kind social media ban for teens is struggling to implement age checks, according to a government-advised testing team. Online platforms are failing to clear the initial hurdle of verifying user ages, rendering the law ineffective.
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