There will be no exemptions on the age limit for children who have consent from their parents. The government says that the onus will be on social media platforms to show they are taking reasonable steps to prevent access.
Albanese said there would be no penalties for users, and that it would be up to Australia’s online regulator - the eSafety Commissioner - to enforce the laws.
Likely just a “Are you 16 or older?” Check mark and that is it. Any site willing to show ✨ The Internet ✨ in all its glory really don’t care enough to actually require anything more, also doubt they’ll enforce any site over seas, probably a few headlines that they’re sueing sites like IG, TikTok, etc but it’ll be such and insignificant amount it’ll just be another cost of operation to the companies.