Global Censorship Tracker — what changed in Australia https://censorship.my/country/australia/ Every addition, removal and revision to the tracked restrictions in Australia, straight from the dataset's history. en Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:51:44 +0100 Rename X formerly Twitter platform to X https://censorship.my/changes#319f7eabe2 319f7eabe2f0ee4f0e67122184d51ad15a310005 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:51:44 +0100 <p>1 renamed.</p><p><b>Renamed</b></p><ul><li>X — Australia (age) — was X (formerly Twitter)</li></ul> Replace 'Commonwealth of Australia' with 'Australia' https://censorship.my/changes#d70c77be7d d70c77be7d815a32495f0cf06548c1288462e3ba Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:45:07 +0100 <p>13 renamed.</p><p><b>Renamed</b></p><ul><li>Age verification — Australia (Under-16 social media ban): notes</li><li>Facebook — Australia (age): notes</li><li>Instagram — Australia (age): notes</li><li>Reddit — Australia (age): notes</li><li>Russia Today — Australia (partial): notes</li><li>Snapchat — Australia (age): notes</li><li>Substack — Australia (age) — was Commonwealth of Australia</li><li>Threads — Australia (age): notes</li><li>TikTok — Australia (age): notes</li><li>Tumblr — Australia (age): notes</li><li>Twitch — Australia (age): notes</li><li>X (formerly Twitter) — Australia (age): notes</li><li>YouTube — Australia (age): notes</li></ul> Replace 'Australia' with 'Commonwealth of Australia' https://censorship.my/changes#36cff48549 36cff48549629fa73d800645e51e84c0bfc8667f Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:42:07 +0100 <p>13 renamed.</p><p><b>Renamed</b></p><ul><li>Age verification — Commonwealth of Australia (Under-16 social media ban): notes</li><li>Facebook — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes</li><li>Instagram — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes</li><li>Reddit — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes</li><li>Russia Today — Commonwealth of Australia (partial): notes</li><li>Snapchat — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes</li><li>Substack — Commonwealth of Australia (age) — was Australia</li><li>Threads — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes</li><li>TikTok — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes</li><li>Tumblr — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes</li><li>Twitch — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes</li><li>X (formerly Twitter) — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes</li><li>YouTube — Commonwealth of Australia (age): notes</li></ul> Audit every source for relevance and rot, not just for a 200 https://censorship.my/changes#1d850ded20 1d850ded20a7f2536d7f9e79f3948d8a790fcc81 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:23:00 +0100 <p>1 changed.</p><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>Substack — Australia (age): source</li></ul> Update Substack Australia source to Freedom House report https://censorship.my/changes#029f1842a1 029f1842a176d18c444b00507c22147b2c519d4a Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:48:57 +0100 <p>1 changed.</p><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>Substack — Australia (age): source</li></ul> Map microstates, and separate RT website bans from broadcast bans https://censorship.my/changes#4ae3087473 4ae30874737714921830149c6948a36c21c5bb62 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:10:17 +0100 <p>1 added, 1 removed.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Russia Today — Australia (partial)</li></ul><p><b>Removed</b></p><ul><li>Russia Today — Australia (complete)</li></ul> Add Russia Today to censorship tracker https://censorship.my/changes#6e4a878e0d 6e4a878e0de24cb127b3014053c9533d0f2b79c6 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:02:54 +0100 <p>1 added, 11 changed.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Russia Today — Australia (complete)</li></ul><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>Age verification — Australia (Under-16 social media ban): source</li><li>Facebook — Australia (age): source</li><li>Instagram — Australia (age): source</li><li>Reddit — Australia (age): source</li><li>Snapchat — Australia (age): source</li><li>Threads — Australia (age): source</li><li>TikTok — Australia (age): source</li><li>Tumblr — Australia (age): source</li><li>Twitch — Australia (age): source</li><li>X (formerly Twitter) — Australia (age): source</li><li>YouTube — Australia (age): source</li></ul> Remove remaining Roblox age-verification country rows (Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand, UK) https://censorship.my/changes#2b7d855bd4 2b7d855bd4939cb899617cb40d8aa5f298f8d08b Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:50:36 +0100 <p>1 removed.</p><p><b>Removed</b></p><ul><li>Roblox — Australia (age)</li></ul> Update Tumblr ban status: remove Indonesia, add China, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and other countries https://censorship.my/changes#10694c63d4 10694c63d4894d599c376599437b86227b230045 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:42:19 +0100 <p>1 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Tumblr — Australia (age)</li></ul> Update censorship_data.csv with Roblox data https://censorship.my/changes#b9b9142c93 b9b9142c93ce97a49cd4249f54706cf35cf28da1 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:34:22 +0100 <p>1 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Roblox — Australia (age)</li></ul> Add Substack censorship data https://censorship.my/changes#bd72cee7a4 bd72cee7a46548688d577b1a45b4c4ba1877a806 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:31:28 +0100 <p>1 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Substack — Australia (age)</li></ul> Add Threads platform with ban and age-restriction data https://censorship.my/changes#e52af766ea e52af766ea1a301a8dbc84cb979f6b4c8379b91e Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:56:33 +0100 <p>1 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Threads — Australia (age)</li></ul> Remove Pornhub and expand Bluesky country coverage https://censorship.my/changes#c989c44cfd c989c44cfd8ed7ab3b9422d239012a32bd532e63 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:43:03 +0100 <p>1 removed.</p><p><b>Removed</b></p><ul><li>Pornhub — Australia (age)</li></ul> Add full US state-by-state age verification coverage https://censorship.my/changes#bf8ff6b68a bf8ff6b68ace369cad09bf8eb6eb133d46aacea8 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:08:47 +0100 <p>1 added, 1 changed.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Pornhub — Australia (age)</li></ul><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>Age verification — Australia (Under-16 social media ban): notes</li></ul> Add Age Verification Tracker page with timeline and legislative efforts https://censorship.my/changes#f5c8bfe2c0 f5c8bfe2c0422eb152163dbd3afeb6ad45e8f493 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:21:12 +0100 <p>1 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Age verification — Australia (Under-16 social media ban)</li></ul> Move all ban data into censorship_data.csv https://censorship.my/changes#95df396aab 95df396aab9e73610f9b3b2f8ca411bcda0c062b Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:44:00 +0100 <p>8 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Facebook — Australia (age)</li><li>Instagram — Australia (age)</li><li>Reddit — Australia (age)</li><li>Snapchat — Australia (age)</li><li>TikTok — Australia (age)</li><li>Twitch — Australia (age)</li><li>X (formerly Twitter) — Australia (age)</li><li>YouTube — Australia (age)</li></ul>