Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 [Provisions]
www.aph.gov.au
On 21 November 2024, the Senate referred the provisions of the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for report by 26 November 2024.  The closing date for submissions is 22 November 2024. 

It’s worth making whatever kind of submission you can manage for this. The page even specifically notes: “Due to the short timeframe of this inquiry, the committee would appreciate submissions being limited to 1-2 pages.”

This bill will affect all users of social media in Australia, and may have a particularly negative effect on Fediverse platforms (like Lemmy and Mastodon) which are operated by individuals or small organisations that may not have the resources to implement age verification.

  • NathAEnglish
    5·
    3 hours ago

    I’m ambivalent. I’d like to protect the kids, but I don’t think this will do anything to stop kids from doing whatever the hell they want online. No legislation would have stopped me at that age.

    I get what they’re trying to do. I worry about what kids do online. I worry about my own kids online. I think the solution is my problem (as the parent) though, not the government’s.