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> some version of it’s been passed in the UK and Australia.

Really? Can you expand on the version of Australian legislation that requires an OS to have age verification?

The AU legislation I'm aware of requires various social media sites to verify that users of those sites are not under some age, 16 or so.

That is not a constraint on the OS or on potential users, that's a legal requirement for Social Service providers.

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I'm just catching up on the subject myself but, here's a news article:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-sear...

It appears that the Australian and UK versions don't go as far as what seems to have been proposed in the US.

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Australia's put the onus on vendors; you can't supply cigarettes to minors, you can't supply alcohol to minors, you can't social platform minors.

It's useful to get a feel on the policies and differences being rolled out before going over the skies and extrapolating from misconceptions.