Meeting Notes From A Meeting Between The Department And Google On 23 January 2025.

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Meeting notes from January 2025 between the Department and Google discuss regulatory design principles for proposed social media minimum age legislation. Key topics include defining "reasonable steps" for age assurance mechanisms, with consideration of accuracy, reliability, privacy and security standards. The discussion examines how platforms like YouTube should be classified—whether as video services or social media—noting European regulatory approaches that differentiate between these categories. Parental account access arrangements are mentioned, and the ACCC's recognition of YouTube's differential offerings is referenced. Substantial portions of the released documents are redacted under freedom of information exemptions, limiting visibility of the full policy discussion and design principles being developed.