Australia's eSafety Commissioner has requested information from some of the world's most popular social media and messaging services to find out just how many Australian children are on their platforms and what age assurance measures they have in place to enforce their own age limits.
eSafety has sent a series of questions to Google's YouTube, Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram, TikTok, Snap, Reddit, Discord and Twitch, through expanded transparency powers under the Government's recently-updated Basic Online Safety Expectations Determination.
The recently amended Determination broadens the areas eSafety can ask industry to report back on and establishes expectations that companies will take steps to keep users safe online, including being transparent when asked questions by the regulator.
