Pornography passport trial to keep kids off adult websites [Video]

Children will be blocked from watching explicit content online under a federal government porn passport trial, a move Australia’s online safety watchdog says was partly driven by a backlash against Labor’s earlier reluctance to force adult sites to shield young people.

Restricting access to porn and banning artificial intelligence-created sexual content were headline solutions from a national cabinet meeting at which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and state leaders discussed ideas to counter violence against women.

Labor will spend $6.5 million on a pilot program that would force people to prove their age, likely through the use of electronic “tokens” that may also be required for alcohol delivery services and gambling sites.

Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said tackling the dangers of the internet was seen by some as a profound problem “too overwhelming for governments”, but argued it …