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Australia’s under 16s social media ban could extend to Reddit, Twitch, Kick, Roblox, Steam, GitHub, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Discord and even dating apps (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 1 week ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37984564

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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The comments here seem to be missing a salient point.

In order to determine if a user is under 16, you need to determine that for every single user .. including you!

This means that your personal data will be harvested in order to determine if you are over 16 or not.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago

Maybe people over 16 shouldn't be on the internet either