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		systemstops on Dec 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK's Online Safety Act comes into force The UK is building their own digital gulag. Most social media companies are not going to institute these authoritarian measures for one small nation that wants to regulate the world. You are going to see yourselves cut off.

simmo9000 on Dec 16, 2024 [–]

Australia is following suit with it's 'Social Media Minimum age bill' that will require ALL users to prove their age.

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislat...

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