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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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[-] donuts@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Wouldn't this:

nor could they demand digital identification through a government system.

Prevent that from being possible? I realize you're sarcastically describing a dystopian solution but the law seems to be pretty clear in terms of how government ID can't be used.

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