I have a better idea, fine the god damn parents of the kids. I didn’t choose to inconvenience my life with your fucking nonsense.
TheEntity@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
From the Lemmy World terms of service:
No one under 18 years of age or under the regulated minimum age defined by your local law (whichever is higher), is allowed to use or access the website.
If someone lies to access the website, it’s on them.
droporain@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No it’s not. It’s in the service operator to verify. With the current writing every instance would need to verify age.
Dave@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
I’d be pretty confident the Australian Government isn’t just gonna let Facebook update the Ts and Cs to say no one under 16 and call it a day. They are expected to actually try to enforce it.
Lemmy can at least argue under 16s aren’t enticed to come here, no matter how much we offer free (as in speech) stuff.
TastyWheat@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Facebook: “We get to scan photo IDs now? Perfect!”
AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The law specifically mentions government IDs in the legislation . If have to check, but Im confident they’re specifically excluded.
Dave@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
The article says they can’t require them, but can offer it as one option so long as there are others.
Alice@hilariouschaos.com 3 weeks ago
Right Lol LinkedIn makes you do that
voracitude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What “Lemmy” will be arguing this and where, please?
If you have a company, that’s easy for a government to go after. Lemmy is software built and run for free by randoms on the internet. They might try to go after the devs if any of them reside in Australia, but they’d have a very hard time stopping it. We’ve seen that sort of effort fail before, when China and India tried to ban Bitcoin. We see it in North Korea even now, where people still access banned networks and content all the time.
Dave@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Most Lemmy admins are just trying to do their best. If the Aussie government publishes realistic guidelines for small services then many instances will probably make an effort to follow them. How enforceable it is is not the point.
“Lemmy” as a thought experiment, not Lemmy with a lawyer in court. Devs wouldn’t be affected, it would apply to the people running the service (I.e instance admins)