cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36392184
Companies approached by the eSafety commissioner this month about the requirement to prevent under 16s from holding social media accounts from 10 December have conducted a self-assessment that the commissioner will use to decide if they need to comply with the ban.
eSafety will not be formally declaring which service meets the criteria but companies that eSafety believes meet the criteria will be expected to comply.
There’s no way this can work.
They have come up with a radical idea, but surely in execution they’ve realised it’s not feasible but are too chicken to back down. It’ll probably end up being a DNS block or a “if you are over 18 click to enter” pop ups