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Finally, Amendment 292 addresses concerns regarding mandatory age and consent verification for those appearing in pornography hosted online. Despite the measures in the Online Safety Act, there are still platforms that do not have systems in place to verify the age of those involved in such material. Thus, the reality is that huge volumes of pornographic content are uploaded with no verification whatever: no verification of consent or age, or any record-keeping to support claims of either. We have heard stark evidence that minors have been found in mainstream pornographic content; that adult performers have had videos published without their consent or retained after they sought removal; and that platforms profit from this without meaningful accountability.