Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws
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Re: Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws
#2If this is not enforced properly, it's meaningless. Just like the fight against piracy.
Re: Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws
#3What they're really saying is that all websites will add a 'are you really over 16' checkbox?
Re: Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws
#4Some notes:
* It is illegal for a platform to provide children with a social media account, not for the child to create an account. Circumvention of this by the child is not illegal.
* No grandfathering - all accounts under 16 once this takes effect (which won't be until this time next year at earliest) must be deactivated.
* Maximum fine (per instance?) is 50 million AUD (about 32 million USD)
* The legislation is vague on the technical details, although it does specifically mandate that platforms cannot use government-issued ID of any kind (including digital ID).
Re: Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws
#5Some notes: * It is illegal for a platform to provide children with a social media account, not for the child to create an account. Circumvention of this by the child is not illegal. * No grandfathering - all accounts under 16 once this takes effect (which won't be until this time next year at earliest) must be deactivated. * Maximum fine (per instance?) is 50 million AUD (about 32 million USD) * The legislation is v…
Leisure Suit Larry was ahead of its time with its age verification system.
Re: Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws
#6Some notes: * It is illegal for a platform to provide children with a social media account, not for the child to create an account. Circumvention of this by the child is not illegal. * No grandfathering - all accounts under 16 once this takes effect (which won't be until this time next year at earliest) must be deactivated. * Maximum fine (per instance?) is 50 million AUD (about 32 million USD) * The legislation is v…
I don't have a horse in this race but in my opinion a more graceful way to deal with this is to freeze the account until the under-16 is over-16 so they don't lose their friend connections, history, etc... The under 16 should have time to add a comment saying how to contact them otherwise. Discord group, etc... There must be a reason to remove the account that I can not see.
Re: Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws
#7What happens if the account belongs to the parent but all the content is by the child?
Re: Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws
#8Some notes: * It is illegal for a platform to provide children with a social media account, not for the child to create an account. Circumvention of this by the child is not illegal. * No grandfathering - all accounts under 16 once this takes effect (which won't be until this time next year at earliest) must be deactivated. * Maximum fine (per instance?) is 50 million AUD (about 32 million USD) * The legislation is v…
How do they plan on verifying age without using a government id?
Re: Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws
#9Some notes: * It is illegal for a platform to provide children with a social media account, not for the child to create an account. Circumvention of this by the child is not illegal. * No grandfathering - all accounts under 16 once this takes effect (which won't be until this time next year at earliest) must be deactivated. * Maximum fine (per instance?) is 50 million AUD (about 32 million USD) * The legislation is v…
I don't have a horse in this race but in my opinion a more graceful way to deal with this is to freeze the account until the under-16 is over-16 so they don't lose their friend connections, history, etc... The under 16 should have time to add a comment saying how to contact them otherwise. Discord group, etc... There must be a reason to remove the account that I can not see.
Ideally they do lose all of that. That’s the root of the problem.
Re: Australia: Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes laws
#10Some notes: * It is illegal for a platform to provide children with a social media account, not for the child to create an account. Circumvention of this by the child is not illegal. * No grandfathering - all accounts under 16 once this takes effect (which won't be until this time next year at earliest) must be deactivated. * Maximum fine (per instance?) is 50 million AUD (about 32 million USD) * The legislation is v…
How do they plan on verifying age without using a government id?
They have something called “myID” (a digital ID), which is available to anyone 15 or older.