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Australia’s social media ban for kids under 16 just became law. How it will work remains a mystery (theconversation.com)

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[–] JeremyHuntQW12 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Now, if a parent helps their child do it anyway, the parent and child can’t get in trouble, but the platform can, because platforms cannot knowingly allow children to use the app, even with explicit parental consent and supervisio

Not correct. An inadverdent act is not illegal, but circumventing telecommunication controls is a criminal offence under the Telecommunications Act, with penalties up to 20 years imprisonment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

No, this bill specifically only makes it possible to penalise the platforms. Parents or children cannot be penalised. The precise wording in the bill is:

A provider of an age-restricted social media platform must take reasonable steps to prevent age-restricted users having accounts with the age-restricted social media platform.

Civil penalty: 30,000 penalty units

There are also penalties that can apply to individuals, but only if:

the person is a provider of an age-restricted social media platform;

the person is a provider of an electronic service;

(To the penalty of "Civil penalty: 500 penalty units".)