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Australia’s under-16s social media ban is weeks away. How will it work – and how can I appeal if I’m wrongly banned? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So the good news is that, despite the legislation saying it should apply to all social media sites, the actual regulation seems to only be being applied to certain designated platforms. Which is actually an excellent approach.

As for how it will work. Still nobody has been very clear. It's likely companies will use profiling to estimate users' age, and many people will simply not need to do anything to keep using it. If you do get detected as underage, facial recognition or uploading photo ID seems likely to be the only option.

Meta will use facial recognition provided by "Yoti" or photo ID.

Tiktok said it would have "a simple appeals process". No further detail.

Google has not given any indication as to whether it will even comply with the ban, but has threatened legal action to determine if it is even lawful.

Snap and Kick say they will comply, but have not yet shared any details about how.

X and Reddit have not given any comment.

All other platforms are, as yet, exempt.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s likely companies will use profiling to estimate users’ age, and many people will simply not need to do anything to keep using it

I wonder if I can preemptively add some activity to my profile to feign this, like add 'married' as a status and subscribe to insurance companies.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 23 hours ago

I'm just hoping the fact that my account is, like...15(?) years old will be a pretty clear sign that I'm over 16.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

They’ve been really unclear and flip flopping but YouTube has already demanded I age verify.