CANBERRA, Feb 20 — Children in Australia are able to easily bypass the minimum age limit imposed by social media platforms, a report by the country’s online safety regulator showed today, ahead of a landmark ban by the government on access for those under 16.

SYDNEY, July 2 — Australia is giving the internet industry six months to come up with an enforceable code detailing how it will stop children from seeing pornography and other inappropriate material online, or face having a code imposed on it, a regulator said today.