Australia’s under 16s social media ban could extend to Reddit, Twitch, Roblox and even dating apps
www.theguardian.com
Lego Play and Steam among the unexpected additions to the list that includes Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X

Companies approached by the eSafety commissioner this month about the requirement to prevent under 16s from holding social media accounts from 10 December have conducted a self-assessment that the commissioner will use to decide if they need to comply with the ban.

eSafety will not be formally declaring which service meets the criteria but companies that eSafety believes meet the criteria will be expected to comply.

  • The_Decryptor@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    The headline makes this sound a lot worse than the article does.

    From the article there’s basically a list of exemptions in the law that describes who doesn’t need to follow it (e.g. an online booking site for doctors visits), everybody else needs to check the rules to see if they do. And if they do, they then need to follow extra child safety rules (e.g. Roblox is opting out under-16s from open DMs by default)

    GitHub can quite rightly say they don’t fall under the restrictions of the law, and that could be the end of it. The simple fact that it doesn’t have any form of private messaging feature is probably enough.