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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.world to c/support@lemmy.world

Hi Lemmy.World Admins and Support Staff,

I like this place a lot and wanted to give you a heads up pollies down under passed some new laws.

The govt wants a ban on social media for everyone under 16. This week was the last sitting week of parliament and a few bills were passed by both houses and are set to become law. (See link).

I'm not after any immediate reaction or actions, but looking to bring it to your attention for you to discuss (edit:internally) how you would react. I haven't seen the legislation and don't know how this is meant to be mechanized and it seems pretty hard to do.

Some other tech giants have already made statements as this appears to be a worldwide first.

Edit: I might have a look at the laws text and put some details here as a comment

-AnAustralianPhotographer

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[-] AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The law specifically mentions government IDs in the legislation . If(edit:i'd) have to check, but Im confident they're specifically excluded.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 3 weeks ago

The article says they can't require them, but can offer it as one option so long as there are others.

this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2024
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