The real news is that age verification will be required to use a search engine from the 27th. This has flown completely under the radar because of the social media ban.

Initially, it will only be required if you're logged in. Obviously that won't be effective, so the next logical step would be to require that everyone logs in to use a search engine.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-sear...