Lemon8 and Yope put on notice as social media age ban targets

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Eyekaytee@aussie.zone⁩ to ⁨australianpolitics@aussie.zone⁩

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-02/lemon8-and-yope-put-on-notice-for-social-media-ban-targets/106093818

Two social media apps surging in popularity as alternatives to circumvent Australia’s age ban have been issued a ‘please explain’ notice by the online safety regulator, signalling they will likely be captured by the new laws.

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Fleur_@aussie.zone ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’m really gonna have to switch between social media services like I switch between piracy sites aren’t I

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- melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Hot new retro craze - personal websites and webrings?
  
  I know Dreamwidth is fighting this but I wonder if Wordpress and Blogspot are affected. Or Neocities.
  
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  - Fleur_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    If I host my own personal Lemmy instance will I have to prove to myself that I am over 16 🤔🤔🤔
    
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velindora@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Time to move to lemon9

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- SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  All the cool kids are on Zope anyway.
  
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  - velindora@lemmy.cafe ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I am not cool :(
    
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