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Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s. (globalvoices.org)
submitted 9 hours ago by 000@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

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[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 15 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

What happens if an Australian kid starts running their own Pixelfed or Lemmy site?

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 12 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

My instance is in Australia, and the new laws affect social media like Lemmy. The hard part is that there apparently isn't much guidance on how to follow the law. Do you have to use ID? Is a location-specific popup making you state that you're 16+ enough? Nobody knows.

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 6 points 6 hours ago

If you are the sole user on your own ActivityPub site running on your own server, can it even be called a social media site?

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

I think a mastodon instance started asking aussies to send a pic of them with a bottle of vodka or a pack of smokes.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 13 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

We are yet to see. My guess is they charge the kid for providing social media to an underaged user (themselves). Will be very interesting to watch ngl. Also idk how they gonna implement it cos i sure as shit aint handing over my id to the social media companies.

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 6 points 5 hours ago

I'm not sure that a self hosted ActivityPub site with a single user could reasonably be called a social media site. I wonder how the law defines a social media site.