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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36086180

Australians soon facing age checks when viewing adult websites [& search engines, social media, file sharing, etc, etc]

And all service providers/hosts around the world are expected to comply.

Here’s one summary of the looming access control measures.

Reading and understanding all this (and the linked sources) feels so… difficult, obtuse, complex.

  • Nath@aussie.zoneMEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I haven’t seen email mentioned in the legislation. I suppose you could interpret Gmail/Hotmail etc as web sites you make accounts on in order to interact with something public. But that’s a stretch and it wouldn’t cover all email.

    Email would suffer the same issue as Lemmy. Even if you have a perfect way of verifying users that is accurate, you couldn’t stop a kid setting up a mail service on their homelab.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I’m trying to work out since it affects search engine signins would it affect Gmail.

      Also

      Relevant electronic services: covers email, messaging, online chatrooms and dating services, as well as services for playing online games together.

      I really hope you’re right because fuck that.

      As for messaging (assuming that’s texts) the phone company should already have my age.