With the ban going into effect, I thought it might be helpful to allow people to share their experiences about the Australian teen social media ban and how it has affected them.

Note: For the Aussie Zone lemmy requirements, see here. Please use that thread for an Aussie Zone specific discussions or questions.

Good luck, everyone!

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Random thought.

    I’m aware that COPPA applies to American kids (and specifically kids under 13) but Google and YouTube got in huge trouble for collecting kids data… and now to ‘protect kids’ the government has created a situation where these companies are again involved in collecting biometric data from minors.

    And I have no idea whether or not it’s stored, but the kids are passing as not being minors so that data may not be treated accordingly.

    Bruh.