Not admitted · Outside the five areas
Rules 1.1.0 · as of 14 Sep 2026
Owen Scott Muir · Said 5 Mar 2026 · owen-2118
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Outside the five areas
“Because now a lot of users might start making accounts pretending to be way older than they actually are. And no age check actually works, because they just get their parents to do it for them.” I want to pause here, because this is correct. The circumvention literature on age-gating bears it out.”
Interview with the author's daughter Quinn (9) about appearing on the Hard Fork podcast. On Australia's ban of social platforms for young users, Quinn predicts users will make accounts claiming to be older and that no age check works because parents complete it. The author endorses this ('this is correct'), then asks 'So you think the Australia ban is going to backfire?' and she answers 'Yeah.'
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