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Will eevblog be banned in Australia for under 16's as well?
.RC.:
Reading the ABC today the federal government's proposed banning of all social media for under 16's and no doubt some "verification" system required for those over 16 to access.
The definition of "social media" is very broad and then minister in charge said youtube will be included.
Does this mean eevblog will also be banned for under 16's? Or will esafety Karen class it as "low risk" I have seen some risque photos of dismembered circuit boards here, and indecent uses of soldering irons.
Of course I post this with a bit of tongue in cheek, while the Australian government really is pushing ahead with this. We all know it is in all likely not going to happen, but if they pushed it, it will be an abysmal failure.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-08/how-the-age-minimum-for-social-media-will-work/104571790
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The definition of a social media service as per the Online Safety Act according to the ABC can be found below:
1. The sole or primary purpose of the service is to enable online social interaction between two or more end users;
2. The service allows end users to link to, or interact with, some or all of the other end users;
3. The service allows end users to post material on the service.
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magic:
Maybe it would be enough to disable the "mentions" and "thanks" plugins, if that's what they mean by "linking to or interacting with other users".
coppercone2:
databases of personal infromation are not safe, you can get a criminal actor stealing some incompetent government bullshit. I wonder how they figured out how to send all those people text messages in our little recent USA event. Apparently massive accurate messaging (race and phone number) for just a nasty little prank.
I feel like the elites never care about this, because they have piles of money, armies of lawyers and 'friends' (strings to pull) that will vouch for them to get them off the hook for like identity/personal information-related scams and crimes that will bury a regular citizen without special powers. Hell, witness testimony basically means nothing for them, they don't even knowledge that personal information and IDs can possibly be harmful.
Its always someone who lives on the fucking moon that comes up with these kinda things. "I will have my servants deal with those kinds of problems"
jpanhalt:
Is that the same ABC News as the American Broadcasting Company? I considered it could the the Australian Broadcasting Company, but then saw this:
--- Quote ---American women join 4B movement as Trump's male-supremacist supporters threaten rape
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That would fit reporting from the deranged American company.
In a Vietnam era (1969) the SCOTUS ruled that students don't “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” Although schools may require surrender of cell phones and the like so as not to disrupt classes, I doubt an age-related banning from social media would pass our constitutional test. According to Google AI, Australia doesn't have the exact equivalent right, but its courts have ruled that freedom of expression is incorporated in other aspects of its constitution.
Halcyon:
--- Quote from: .RC. on November 10, 2024, 07:23:35 am ---Does this mean eevblog will also be banned for under 16's? Or will esafety Karen class it as "low risk"
--- Quote ---The definition of a social media service as per the Online Safety Act according to the ABC can be found below:
1. The sole or primary purpose of the service is to enable online social interaction between two or more end users;
2. The service allows end users to link to, or interact with, some or all of the other end users;
3. The service allows end users to post material on the service.
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I highly doubt it. Can you imagine the impact it would have on all those forums out there. What about vendor support forums?
In my opinion EEVblog forum doesn't meet the definition of point #1. It has to tick all those boxes, not just one or more of them. The primary purpose of this forum is to exchange technical information, data, assist learning, etc...
While some people use it as a social "hangout", it's not the sole or primary purpose. I think LinkedIn is more "social" than here.
EEVblog as a company, is a professional engineering organisation. The forum is just the side salad.
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