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Please convince the Australian government of this. Currently they are trying to "ban" social media for under 16s.

https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/industry-regulation/soci...

"Services including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X and YouTube meet many of the conditions the legislation uses to define an ‘age-restricted social media platform’.

[snip...blah blah]

Over the coming weeks, eSafety will have more to say about the platforms it considers must comply with the minimum age obligations."

So they are going to start with the big obvious ones and then keep trying to follow the trail of where teens flee to online.

'Tis a silly thing.



4chan apparently won't classify, because its implementing an age gate.

Its not an age-restricted social media platform, under the legislation, because its introducing age restrictions on its social media platform.

I just...




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