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Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s with world-first law (apnews.com)
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The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($33 million) for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Can you please make a government internet ID, and connect that to your social media instead?

That way social media companies will know who you really are, and the govt will be able to know what social media accounts are yours. It's even better that way.

[โ€“] donuts 4 points 5 days ago

Wouldn't this:

nor could they demand digital identification through a government system.

Prevent that from being possible? I realize you're sarcastically describing a dystopian solution but the law seems to be pretty clear in terms of how government ID can't be used.