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Don’t like the proposed social media minimum age?? Submissions opened today and close tomorrow, get on it fam.

Please boost 🙏🏻

#AusPol #ageVerification #SocialMediaMinimumAge

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/SocialMediaMinimumAge

Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 [Provisions]

On 21 November 2024, the Senate referred the provisions of the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for report by 26 November 2024.  The closing date for submissions is 22 November 2024.&nbsp

Nov 21, 2024 at 3:51amWeb
Show threadThe Many Voices of Anne AhlertNov 21, 2024

@errbufferoverfl

I mean, since #Mastodon and much of the #Fediverse do not track any data, how the heck are we supposed to screen for people's ages? All we can do is ask and use the honor system when they create an account.

For that matter, how is anyone supposed to verify and enforce it?

I've seen enough kids work around the rules behind parents' backs to know it's not going to work in practice.

#SocialMediaLaws #SocialMedia #Discord #SocialMediaAgeVerification #Xitter #TikTok

Show threadMatt PalmerNov 21, 2024
@TheManyVoices it's not supposed to work. If the politicians ever solved a problem, they wouldn't be able to campaign endlessly about how they're *going* to solve the problem, just vote for us again!
Show threadJupiter RowlandNov 21, 2024
@The Many Voices of Anne Ahlert This whole law is made by people who "know" that any and all social media are centralised silos operated by big corporations.

There's one guy way out in Bugger All, Australia, who has created more Fediverse server apps since 2010 than anyone else, four of which still exist, two of which he still maintains, another one of which I post from right now. Their "age verification" is a switch with which you "confirm" that you're over 13. That's all.

The stuff he makes is among the most advanced in the Fediverse. Still, in terms of age verification, there's no more it could do.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #SocialMediaMinimumAge #SocialMediaAgeVerification
Netzgemeinde/Hubzilla

Show threadMark LauerNov 21, 2024
If you don't want to log in to the inquiry submission system, it seems you can just email the Secretariat with your submission instead:
"If you continue to experience difficulties submitting, please send the submission directly to the Committee Secreteriat.
Submissions can be emailed directly to the relevant committee secretariat. Email details are available from each committee's homepage."
In this case the email is [email protected]

@errbufferoverfl
Show threadBruce DavieNov 22, 2024
@errbufferoverfl Submission done, my first! tl;dr-> don't rush to solve a problem that hasn't been shown to exist and where you don't know how to create solutions without compromising the privacy of all users
Show thread🌿 (buffy)² 🌿 Nov 22, 2024
@Drbruced 🙌🏻