Nation’s Teenage Boys Get In Front Of New E-Safety Restrictions And Begin Hijacking Street Libraries

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT

After years of unbridled access to adult streaming websites, the nation’s youth are now preparing for the imminent changes to the pornography marketplace.

And as history has shown, teenage boys will find a way to keep looking at boobies.

However, it seems that in 2025 – the pathways to adult entertainment are very similar to the pre-internet era.

New laws on porn websites has heralded a return to the dogs-eared ‘blue’ magazines of yesterday.

Australia’s eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant has today officially ruled that pornography websites must check the ages of all Australian users under a set of new internet rules aimed at restricting the risks of a completely unregulated online landscape.

Grant has officially outlined six major regulations for various internet industries, including websites, social media platforms and app stores. The new restrictions are set to come into effect six months from now.

While young people face a plethora of dangers on social media, the government’s plans to place an under 16s ban for major tech platforms has also brought attention to the fact that hardcore pornography is as easily accessible.

These new rules appear to be already driving young people back to the back aisle of truck stops and inner-city newsagencies.

The code says “The provider of the service must, where technically feasible and reasonably practicable, implement: (a) appropriate age assurance measures; and (b) access control measures, before providing access to the designated internet service or the relevant high-risk materials”

This means that no longer can gross teenage boys just click “I am over 18” when accessing porn websites, and instead will need to get their hands on either official movies or print publications.

And the young fellas are moving quickly to get in front of the regulations, with suburban street libraries replacing adult websites as the go-to destination for free access to X-rated material.

What started as a cutesy way to indicate that a suburb had been gentrified, the street libraries are no longer full of Enid Blyton and Harry Potter novels.

Instead, they are jam-packed with the very best of Penthouse, Picture Magazine and Hustler.

Community groups are aghast at this new development, however, the E-safety Commissioner has said this is a better place for such materials to be located than behind the local toilet blocks at the cricket oval.