Reddit to comply with Australia’s ‘legally erroneous’ under-16 social media ban
by Josh Taylor Technology reporter from Technology | The Guardian on (#7212B)
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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