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This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBig tech not cooperating ‘as much as we’d like them to’: WattFederal cabinet minister Murray Watt, says the government knows it’s needed to take more action to ensure social media giants are complying with a ban for under 16s that came into effect in December.These laws were brand new, never developed anywhere in the world. And what we’ve learned is that the powers that the safety commissioner has do need to be beefed up, also to give her powers across things like age assurance tools. So