Last fall, heavily influenced by Jonathan Haidt’s extremely problematic book, Australia announced that it was banning social media for everyone under the age of 16. This was already a horrifically …
I’m not sure yet, but it sounds like Lemmy is within the scope of the legislation.
Key features of the SMMA include:
Requires age‐restricted social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent Australians under 16 years old from having accounts (the minimum age obligation),
Under the SMMA, a platform is an ‘age‐restricted social media platform’ if (section 63C):
the sole purpose, or a significant purpose, of the service is to enable online social interaction between 2 or more end‐users,
the service allows end‐users to link to, or interact with, some or all of the other end‐users,
the service allows end‐users to post material on the service, and
it meets such other conditions (if any) as are set out in the legislative rules
I’m not sure yet, but it sounds like Lemmy is within the scope of the legislation.