4chan unlikely to be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, eSafety commissioner says
Julie Inman Grant says message board will need to comply with other codes which will also include age assurance for sites hosting violent and adult content
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The eSafety commissioner is not expected to block children from accessing 4chan as part of the under-16s social media ban, despite it being labelled one of the darker" places on the internet.
The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, was asked by independent senator Fatima Payman in Senate estimates on Wednesday night whether 4chan, the message board often referred to as the engine room of the internet, would be considered one of the sites required to prevent under-16s when the social media ban comes into effect from 10 December.
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