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From the Lemmy.world terms of service:
If someone lies to access the website, it's on them.
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, but also as in beer) stuff.
Facebook: "We get to scan photo IDs now? Perfect!"
The law specifically mentions government IDs in the legislation . If(edit:i'd) have to check, but Im confident they're specifically excluded.
The article says they can't require them, but can offer it as one option so long as there are others.
Right Lol LinkedIn makes you do that
What "Lemmy" will be arguing this and where, though?
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.
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)
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.
No it's not. It's in the service operator to verify. With the current writing every instance would need to verify age.