Australia Completely Loses The Plot, Plans To Ban Kids From Watching YouTube (www.techdirt.com)

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[-] Ilandar@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago

I'm not sure yet, but it sounds like Lemmy is within the scope of the legislation.

Key features of the SMMA include:

Requires age‐restricted social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent Australians under 16 years old from having accounts (the minimum age obligation),

Under the SMMA, a platform is an ‘age‐restricted social media platform’ if (section 63C):

the sole purpose, or a significant purpose, of the service is to enable online social interaction between 2 or more end‐users,

the service allows end‐users to link to, or interact with, some or all of the other end‐users,

the service allows end‐users to post material on the service, and

it meets such other conditions (if any) as are set out in the legislative rules

this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2025

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