Is adult content age-verified in Australia?
Yes — Australia has an age-verification law in force (Australia age-assurance codes for online pornography, effective 2026-03-09). The census has not probed from Australia yet, so no access measurement is shown.
Australia age-assurance codes for online pornography — Online Safety Act 2021 - Phase 2 industry codes (age-restricted material)
in force age verification required effective 2026-03-09
The eSafety Commissioner registered Phase 2 industry codes on 9 September 2025 requiring services that provide or host pornography and other age-restricted (class 1C / class 2) material to use appropriate age assurance to keep out users under 18; the codes took effect on 9 March 2026. Technology-neutral methods are allowed (ID, facial age estimation, credit card, digital ID). Separate from the December 2025 under-16 social-media age limit.
Primary source: eSafety Commissioner, via Internet Archive (archived copy)
Summary source: www.esafety.gov.au · record updated 2026-09-20
Note: Staggered commencement: six of the nine Phase 2 codes (registered 2025-09-09) took effect 2026-03-09; the hosting, internet carriage and search engine codes (registered 2025-06-27) took effect 2025-12-27. The hosting and search codes bear on pornography.
Measured from Australia
Not probed from Australia yet.
Network blocking (OONI)
Community measurements from OONI probes in Australia; absence of probes is not evidence of no blocking.
| Site | Confirmed | Anomalous | Measurements | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adultfriendfinder.com | 0 | 9 | 148 | 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-03 |
| beeg.com | 0 | 2 | 167 | 2026-10-04 to 2026-11-03 |
2 tracked sites show blocking signals here — see availability in Australia.