Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s
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On Wednesday, the lower house of the Australian parliament voted to pass legislation to ban social media for children under 16 years, and the Senate passed the bill on Friday.

Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

  • @[email protected]English
    15•10 hours ago

    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.

    • CrimeDadEnglish
      9•9 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?

    • @[email protected]English
      2•8 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.