Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s with world-first law
Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s with world-first law
The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to $33 million for failures to prevent kids from holding accounts.
The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts.
This seems like a good thing. To repeat what someone on here said, even if its not fully enforceable by the companies, it will be good way for parents to prevent their kids from being hooked on socials at a young age
Can you please send a picture of your ID to lemmy.world admins so that we can make sure you are not a 15 years old australian kid?
How do they enforce that?
The platforms have one year to work out how they could implement the ban before penalties are enforced. ... Platforms would not be allowed to compel users to provide government-issued identity documents including passports or driver’s licenses, nor could they demand digital identification through a government system.
Magic apparently, they just passed the law without providing any solution.
They could try and fail, then appeal the law, or they can appeal the law before trying and failing. If it was, let's say Italy, it would be normal: an unforceable law nobody cares about, unless a couple of times per year with big fines and media coverage
nor could they demand digital identification through a government system
That makes no sense at all. It's the only sane option: "hey, user xyz here wants to use our website, please tell us if they're allowed to" and leave it up to the government, who has all the data, to answer that. What else can they provide? A blood sample to determine "biological age" or something?
Really interested to know how this is going to work with say running a Lemmy instance.
In case shit go south
Pants on head and on fire top tier implementation and plan.
Just fucking stupid.
Don’t go giving us any ideas.
Meet me at the bar for drinks, at the government licensed dispensary for controlled substances, or at the club for a good time... for age-verification purposes, obviously.
I don't think it'll actually happen but I would laugh if the social media companies decide this isn't worth the effort for the size of the user base in Australia and decide to just pull out of Australia. Then we can see how many people decide to learn about VPNs and how many decide to get more involved in politics because they can't watch TikTok.