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

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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.

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[-] vodkasolution@feddit.it 12 points 1 year ago

How do they enforce that?

[-] oce@jlai.lu 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] vodkasolution@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago

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

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