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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said a proposal to ban children under the age of 16 from social media will be part of the government’s work program, increasing its chances of becoming law.

  • Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    61·
    1 day ago

    I would like to know the plan here. They mention following in Australia’s footsteps, but as far as I can see, Australia is still trying to figure out how to implement this ban as well

    The best they seem to have come up with for determining age without requiring an onlineID is letting AI look at your hands (NPR link.

    Also, what is a social media? Because if you lock it down to specific sites and ban ‘Facebook’ and ‘X’, Musk or Zuck will just launch MashFace or Z, and get around the ban for a little bit longer. If you make it too broad, then kids could technically be excluded from text messaging.

    All of this also assumes that a simple vpn won’t bypass all of this, the same way you can still watch pornhun in Texas that Ms to this weeks sponsor: SurfAtlus VPN.

    • Maestro@fedia.io
      9·
      1 day ago

      Honestly, I think the best way is just the old fasioned way of asking for your age. You don’t want to tie social media to real IDs, and you don’t want AI bullshit either. Yes, it is easily faked but that’s not the point. The point is that you can simply ban the accounts when you find them for lying about their age.