Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s with world-first law
apnews.com
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.

I don’t see Hexbear on the list. Time to radicalize some Aussie kids.

      • redteaEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        That’s good for the end of social media

      • alexandra_kollontai [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Not true?

        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.

      • lortyEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Let’s be honest here: that is an inevitability. We just hate it because it’s private companies with little to no transparency responsible for it.

    • NaevaTheRat [she/her]@vegantheoryclub.orgEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      I think it’s the majors terrified of losing votes to minors. Labor to the greens and Lib to the teals.

      They’ve both felt threatened, and seen social media be used to shift kids on climate and Palestine. They’re doing this alongside electoral reforms to cement funding for a two party system.

    • Voidance [none/use name]@hexbear.netBannedEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      Honestly it’s really hard to work out whether this is an ‘elites experimenting with new policies in a backwoods client state’ thing, or the Aus govt are just idiots who can’t imagine addressing social problems in a more complex way than ‘fuck it just make it illegal’