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Australia’s under-16s social media ban is weeks away. How will it work – and how can I appeal if I’m wrongly banned? (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/australia@aussie.zone
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[–] [S] -2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

I honestly doubt it. They've got very little to gain from it, and huge risk to reputation if they do it and then get hacked.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    They don't care about reputation in any way. It'll be a small fine of a few million and they'll rub their hands for that cheap data.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Yeah, just look at Discord. Not only harvesting data, by sharing it with "trusted partners" I was told the Esafety commissioner can bring legal action to find companies up to $850k per offence for improperly storing Australian citizens data, but I haven't heard anything about hundreds of millions in fines against Discord yet.

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