Australian government says it plans to double the maximum penalty for any social media company breaking its minimum age law and grant more powers to enforcers
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Age-gating is shifting from UX preference to hard compliance surface—Australia floating AUD 99M penalties and stronger enforcement powers raises the floor on what “good enough” verification looks like. If your product touches minors, treat age controls, logging, and policy alignment as a regulated system, not a settings page.
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