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Australia bans social media for under 16s (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world 103 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Now everyone gets to hand over their ids to the tech companies.

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 59 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

We should make a bet how long it will take before the ID databases get leaked.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 39 points 3 weeks ago

It would take too long.

Making the bet that is, it would be leaked before you are done setting up the betting system.

[–] A1kmm@lemmy.amxl.com 35 points 3 weeks ago

Australia requires mobile phone providers to verify IDs before providing cell phone service. As a result, in September 2022, Optus leaked the records of 10 million Australians including passport and drivers license details.

So negative 2 years, 2 months.

But this is just asking for more.

[–] FuryMaker@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Identification would need to be handled by a 3rd party to even remotely work. Then they pass on the "yes they're over 16" tick to the social media platform, with no actual identity details.

Edit: and likewise, Identity company have no details about the social media account name or anything. Just a token transfer of sorts.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

I guess Australia.gov can be the site in the middle handing out the tokens

[–] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Identification would need to be handled by a 3rd party to even remotely work. Then they pass on the “yes they’re over 16” tick to the social media platform, with no actual identity details.

The legislatiion specifically allows SM sites to handle ID.

[–] kurikai@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Tech company's probably already have enough info to know a person age without requiring an id. They could even use ai for something actually useful