Reddit to comply with Australia’s ‘legally erroneous’ under-16 social media ban

Platform to introduce age-prediction model analysing users but argued to eSafety commissioner it was a source of information not a social media platform

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Reddit will comply with Australia’s under-16s social media ban, due to begin on Wednesday, but says it is “legally erroneous” and “arbitrary” in its effect.

The company argued to the eSafety commissioner that its platform was a source of information, not primarily social media.

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Platform to introduce age-prediction model analysing users but argued to eSafety commissioner it was a source of information not a social media platform

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Reddit will comply with Australia’s under-16s social media ban, due to begin on Wednesday, but says it is “legally erroneous” and “arbitrary” in its effect.
The company argued to the eSafety commissioner that its platform was a source of information, not primarily social media. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian