Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024
The Online Safety Amendment Act 2024 is an Australian act of parliament that prohibits minors under the age of 16 from holding an account on certain social media platforms. It is an amendment to the Online Safety Act 2021 and was passed by the Parliament of Australia on 29 November 2024. It imposes monetary penalties on social media companies that fail to take reasonable steps to prevent minors under 16 that are located in Australia from having accounts on their services.
‘Now we don’t have a safe place’: sex workers’ social media site Switter shuts down amid legal fears
Platform says government changes to online safety and defamation laws in Australia, UK and US made it ‘impossible’ to comply
Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
The IGF is a global multistakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues pertaining to the Internet
Social media for sex workers, IGF 2019 | Kollektiv.e
A Memorial for Switter, a sex worker-friendly social network
We shut Switter down on March 14th 2022 due to the collective weight of the recent anti-sex and anti-LGBTQAI+ legislative moves which made the continued operation of Switter untenable.
Collection
Updated 4mo
A cautionary tale