• Pasta Dental
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    142 months ago

    Surely that will solve the problems of the youth on social media. Not like there are any 12 year olds on 13+ social networks today anyways.

      • @FelixCress
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        92 months ago

        No.

        Introducing too strict law which is divorced from the reality is making people to disregard laws in general, not necessarily just this one.

        • @[email protected]
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          32 months ago

          That’s a good thing. Disregarding laws shows that the government actually has no power and showing the government having no power is fantastic to do.

      • @[email protected]
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        62 months ago

        That’s just it. Nobody has really tried. This is little more than PR unless there’s actual enforcement.

      • @QuarterSwede
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        52 months ago

        No, it’s a waste of time and resources. Kids will find a way, they ALL do.

  • @[email protected]
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    52 months ago

    Hey Australia, how are you going to call up every instance operator in the fediverse and every nostr relay operator? Huh?

  • a1studmuffin
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    2 months ago

    I think it’s a step in the right direction, though it will be interesting to see where the boundaries are drawn. Does YouTube count? What about gaming platforms like Roblox and Fortnite?

    Edit: On further reading about this, I’m changing my mind. I can’t see how this would be implemented effectively without some kind of age verification. Unless it’s a meaningless Steam-style “What’s your birthday?” question, that makes it far more troublesome for everyone’s privacy. I can’t see how it would get off the ground after so many Australians have had their data stolen already.

  • Travelator
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    12 months ago

    They sure do seem to love that word “onus”.

    Why do you think that is?

  • @[email protected]
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    -72 months ago

    Imagine being the australian government and trying to hide the reality of your genocidal prison colony from the youth… Just like USA.

    • @tekato
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      22 months ago

      Do you have source on this? Never heard of it.