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6·15 days agoI had previously got a similar impression from the eSafety Commissioner’s publication of those lists of platforms, but it does not seem to be the case they are actually defining regulation there. The lists seem to be, essentially, only statements of intent about which platforms that eSafety will seek enforcement of compliance on.
eSafety does not have a formal role in declaring which services are age-restricted social media platforms. In the absence of any rules made by the Minister of Communications specifying a service is either an age-restricted social media platform or not an age-restricted social media platform, any determination that a service is or is not an age-restricted social media platform is a matter for the court.
Just be aware that there’s an infinitesimal chance (but not zero) that whatever you send may be sent to some government agency to demonstrate that we are complying with the law.
On this point, as I understand it, the personal information provided for verification can - and indeed should - be destroyed once it has been used for the purpose it was provided.
I assume you might need to keep a (non-identifying) record of how a user was age-verified to prove that you’ve been complying, but not the personal data used to do the verification.
Albo has been claiming that Australian privacy law requires that the data be destroyed once it’s used for age verification, but the language of the law I think has ‘reasonable’ in there, which gives more wiggle room than the GDPR, for example. It was discussed on the Law Report on Radio National: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/lawreport/countdown-to-australia-s-social-media-ban/105871968 (sorry, no idea of the timestamp, and there doesn’t seem to be a transcript either,
5·17 days agoDo organisations like that generally use platforms like Lemmy? Do they have a presence on Reddit for example?
I’d have thought that platforms like Mastodon (or Twitter) were more suited to things like making announcements.
I suppose forum-like platforms (like Lemmy) could be used for discussion and coordination of initiatives, I just haven’t seen it used like that myself. I would think they’d mostly want at least a semi-private space for that (e.g. an old-school dedicated forum, or a private Facebook group), not just on the open internet like Lemmy.
8·18 days agoI’m not sure, but I think it might be. I think in previous years the port has just not scheduled any coal ships during the event.
Rising Tide’s media release doesn’t seem to give any clues either way: https://www.risingtide.org.au/media/nbspcoal-ship-turned-around-by-newcastle-coal-port-blockade-19-people-arrestednbsp
4·19 days agoAussie DT?
That would be Clive Palmer.
Not sure if it would have prevented her running for office again, but in any case the conviction was overturned on appeal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson#Fraud_conviction_and_reversal
Amazing stuff 😆
For future reference, this is what Tony Abbott looks like in speed-dealer sunnies:
10·24 days agoIf the alcohol is the problem, there’s a lot of non-alcoholic beers available in Australia these days.
Possibly a nitro cold brew? I don’t know if you’d consider that a good pairing with a burger, though!
Maybe a switchel, if you make it yourself and don’t sweeten it too much, leaving it mostly tart.
The game is listed as ‘Platinum’ on ProtonDB: https://www.protondb.com/app/1808500
4·27 days agoAnyone else find it odd that this article doesn’t contain the word ‘Trump’ even once?
Full text, to save you giving Murdoch the clicks.
I appreciate it! Archive link as another option: https://archive.is/vRG0P
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Whether Epstein was “well” or not in October 2011 is not known but what is is that the world knew who he was a sex offender.
Good grief! I guess news.com.au fired all the sub-editors?
Nobody should ever apologise for taking down X and ChatGPT 😆
That sucks, especially when it was cancelled about 10 minutes before they were due to play.
Can’t really blame the organisers for making a decision on the basis of safety at the time, although maybe they need to invest in better security barriers.
I hope you at least scored a free drink (https://aussie.zone/post/26700589).
1·1 month agoDamn! Hopefully you’ll have more luck tonight!
Just put ‘archive.is/’ at the front of the URL to de-paywall it. Works with most major news sites.
Presumably they’ll sell them eventually, though? They couldn’t possibly break even with $7050 (maximum) per car?
A key piece of information some people may not be aware of is that James Packer and Mariah Carey were engaged in 2016. So the idea is that Packer suffers even more than the rest of us for having to hear that song a hundred times in December, as each time he is also reminded of his ex.
That it’s dIcTaToR dAn making a menacing phone call from Tiananmen Square, is, as far as I know, just a template and a bit of surreal flair. I suppose it makes some sense for an ALP politician to have a hostile orientation towards an Australian billionaire, especially one who has owned news media.