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Pro@programming.devM to Technology@programming.devEnglish · 7 hours ago

Australia’s under 16s social media ban could extend to Reddit, Twitch, Kick, Roblox, Steam, GitHub, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Discord and even dating apps

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Australia’s under 16s social media ban could extend to Reddit, Twitch, Kick, Roblox, Steam, GitHub, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Discord and even dating apps

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Pro@programming.devM to Technology@programming.devEnglish · 7 hours ago
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Not just 'big fish': eSafety reveals new platforms may be forced to ban teens
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WhatsApp, Roblox, Reddit and Discord are among an expanded list of platforms which may be covered by the teen social media ban, the ABC can reveal.
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    “Even dating apps” is a wild piece of phrasing

    Yes, even dating apps, famously known for only allowing 18+ year olds

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    Blocking Discord, Twitch, Steam and Roblox will get the teens really fucking riled up

    “There may be those who are [covered by the ban] and claim to not be, and may force a legal fight.”

    I guess that’s where Github and Steam will fight

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    Yes the well known social media platform GitHub

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    Great to have this investigative reporting into a government’s efforts towards the subversion of free speech and censorship from …Disney/ABC.

    It doesn’t matter they put Kimmel back on; they bent the knee and kissed the ring and showed, to no one’s surprise, that corporations care only about profits and access to power to increase profits.

    Edit: delighted to learn there are places where ABC isn’t own by fascists.

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      There’s a whole world outside of the US that plenty of us are grateful to live in

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      abc.net.au

      Australian Broadcasting Company

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      😂

      This comment made me laugh, considering that I read when the Australian Broadcasting Company was talking about people sending them emails complaining about the abc/Disney situation.

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