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MegaThread: Australian Social Media Ban - Under 16 lockout/verification/ID required (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by No1@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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With the ban going into effect, I thought it might be helpful to allow people to share their experiences about the Australian teen social media ban and how it has affected them.

Note: For the Aussie Zone lemmy requirements, see here. Please use that thread for an Aussie Zone specific discussions or questions.

Good luck, everyone!

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[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is a stupid law that won’t work of course. Only the most delusional of parents with control issues support this.

However. This also might be unintentionally the most important antitrust legislation in a generation. For that, I am grateful.

[–] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Please explain the antitrust part?

[–] themaninblack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Kids under 16 are likely to explore alternatives and get vendor-locked to them instead of Meta et Al. products.

Not that vendor lock in is good but maybe this will create more awareness that the web is bigger than a handful of websites.

My 90’s heart wishes for a return to the old web, where there was much more decentralisation