Australia has just passed a law that will ban kids from social media online. How exactly? Well, through the amazing power of… shoosh.

  • Salvo@aussie.zone
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    1 month ago

    IANAL, do you think it could be stretched to include SMS, MMS or RCS ? That would make Telstra, Optus and Vodafone liable too.

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      1 month ago

      @Salvo Worth a read of their current def https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2425/25bd39
      But yeah, those would seem to come under "the sole purpose, or a significant purpose, of the service is to enable online social interaction between 2 or more end-users[2]

      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

      such other conditions (if any) as are set out in the legislative rules."