Aus.Social AdminNov 28, 2024
@leighms This is a fringe hobby so nothing right now.
Show threadJdeBPNov 29, 2024

@leighms

Also observe that the out-of-the box #Mastodon privacy policy bars under 16s in the EU anyway.

And yes, almost no UK site owner apart from @jaz has fixed that to account for Brexit, even though the UK does not diverge from the EU in the relevant respects and the same conclusions hold.

@aussocialadmin #UKlaw @wild1145

Show threadRaccoon🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈Nov 29, 2024
@JdeBP @leighms @jaz @aussocialadmin @wild1145
Which is a mixed bag: Social Media should be for everyone, and the Fediverse should be appropriate for younger teens, though the lack of mechanisms for 1) declaring an account as a minor, and 2) declaring a post as not appropriate for minors, does make me hesitant to recommend it to anyone under 18.
Show threadJdeBP

@Raccoon @leighms

There are some nodes that have gone for a zero-porn strategy; that does not at all address the other major prong of the legalities, though, which is #GDPR compliance.

That is (for examples) different for @trumpet in Scotland; for @wild1145, @Floppy, and @jaz in England+Wales; and yet again for the Mastodon.London owner who is in Germany and gets an unmodified Article 8.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/419/schedule/1/paragraph/8

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/208

@aussocialadmin #UKLaw #EULaw #GermanLaw #BDSG

The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

These Regulations make amendments to legislation in relation to the regulation of the processing of personal data.

Nov 29, 2024 at 8:08amWeb