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Politics
Kat Wong and Dominic Giannini

SHOCKING: Social media bans and age restrictions can be done - You Need To See This

The federal government's social media ban for people younger than 16 comes into effect in December. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's world-first social media ban will be no "silver bullet" for children's online safety, even as age-assurance technologies are given the green light.

An independent trial evaluated ways to verify ages, including matching people with documents they provided and estimating someone's age based on physical features and hand movements.

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