Age Verification and Access to Adult Content

Monday, 6 April 2026 - 8:30am to 9:00am

On this week’s program we look into Australia's new online safety codes requiring age verification for R-rated games and websites and the ramifications that this will have on our privacy. These new requirements, aimed to prevent children from being exposed to age-inappropriate content, raise questions about whether this will actually stop young people from accessing this content, as well as concerns regarding the online privacy of users. Furthermore, this age assurance could negatively impact the online sex work industry, exposing workers and clients to privacy and safety risks as well as creating further stigmatisation of the porn industry. To discuss these issues we speak to Lucinda Thorpe, Privacy Campaigner at Digital Rights Watch and Mish Pony, CEO of Scarlet Alliance. 

Monday 8:30am to 9:00am
A national feminist current affairs program for community radio. A gender analysis of contemporary issues, as well as in-depth analysis by a range of women and gender diverse people around Australia and internationally. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network (CRN).

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Cleis Hart, Kannagi Bhatt, Phuong Tran, Xen Nhà & Scheherazade Bloul.

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