Correspondence Between The Department And Employees Of Google Relating To The Minimum Age Limit For Social Media Platforms In The Time Period 1 July 2024 To 13 March 2025.

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The Department of Infrastructure exchanged correspondence with Google employees between August 2024 and March 2025 regarding social media age limits and related online safety matters. Google shared announcements about new parental control features, including school time mode for smartwatches and YouTube supervision tools for parents of teenagers. A Google representative followed up a call with the Department by providing documents including terms of reference for a legal examination into banning children's access to social media, the ACMA's measurement framework consultation paper on disinformation and misinformation, and an article on anxiety. The Department also invited Google to participate in an Age Assurance Trial virtual roundtable. The 102-page disclosure contains redactions under secrecy provisions, limiting visibility of the full scope of discussions between the parties on minimum age requirements for social media platforms.