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Politics
Noah Secomb, Lucinda Garbutt-Young and Andrew Brown

Call to embed algorithm opt-in for social 'cesspit'

Tech companies' social media age-verification measures have been widely criticised as ineffective. (Joanna Kordina/AAP PHOTOS)

Larger fines for social media companies that fail to enforce a ban on under-16s could win key political support if an algorithm-free feed is offered as the default for users.

While tech giants have introduced various age-verification measures to comply with Australia's under-16s social media ban, they have been widely criticised as ineffective and easy for teens to skirt.

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