Wikipedia could be included in the teen social media ban
The Australian branch of the non -profit group behind Wikipedia is concerned that the young social media ban, who has not confirmed that there is no “scope with the government.
Wikimedia Australian representatives sought official assurances that the federal government would not legally require the age control systems of Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikimedia and other platforms.
Their concerns include fears that such systems will be an important obstacle to the contributions of volunteers and that Wikimedia cannot back up both data and money.
Australia’s young social media ban and Esefeti commissioner office will announce a series of other platforms that he would take “reasonable steps” to stop having accounts on platforms of children under the age of 16.
The government has announced a series of large platforms, including Tiktok, Snapchat and Youtube, but the legislation that supports the ban reveals a definition that will include other platforms.
In accordance with the government’s legislation, an age limited social media platform is defined as the only or important purpose that allows social interaction among its users to interact and interact and publish on the platform.
Elliot Bledsoe is the president of Wikimedia Australia, responsible for supporting the community of those who contribute to platforms such as Wikipedia Foundation. The organization itself does not run Wiki platforms – this is the responsibility of the international group – but it works closely with the basic on the regulation and represents local users.
Bledsoe said that the young social media ban legislation is worried that Wikipedia and other platforms were written in a way that includes “age limited social media ..
“Although it is difficult to foresee that young Australians to contribute to Wikipedia, the aim is not very difficult to see Wiki platforms as ‘scope’, in such a wide definition of age limited social media platforms.” Crirase with a e -mail.
Considering the content and design of Wikimedia platforms, places like Bledsoe Wikipedia do not think that there is a significant risk of harm to children, but at the same time Child safety efforts taken by the foundation.
Although most of the focus of the young social media ban on most children, policy platforms require all users to take steps to control their age so that platforms can restrict people under 16 years of age.
Bledsoe said Wikimedia platforms will struggle to implement age control technologies if necessary. Unlike many other platforms, users can sign up for Wikimedia accounts that contain very little information even without providing an E -Post address.
He does not believe that the law is deliberately written in a way that includes Wikimedia platforms, but he still believes that they can technically qualify.
“This is the problem. It seems clear which platforms of the program wanted to capture, but the government threw a large network,” he said.
Wikimedia Australian representatives tried to get official approval that their platforms are not considered as age -limited social media platforms, but they could not get it.
Although the definition is determined in the legislation and the Minister of Communication has the authority to form or exempt the platforms, the implementation of this law is left to the Esanty Commissioner.
In practice, the commissioner may request a penalty by order of a court up to $ 49.5 million for a company that does not comply with the law. The Court will evaluate and manage whether the platform has fulfilled the definition of a limited age platform.
For the Minister of Communication and the Esafety commissioner, offices did not answer questions about Wikimedia’s platforms in Bans or how to inform the platforms before the deadline.
ELEYETIS COMMISSION JULIE INMAN GRANT stated He will give priority to the enforcement actions on the biggest platforms he thinks he has done the biggest harm.
However, for an organization dedicated to supporting the development and sharing of information, Bledsoe said that irony was completely dark about Wikimedia about this law and whether a destructive fine would be at the receiving end.
The Wikipedia Foundation did not respond to the request request.
