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[–] meowmeow@quokk.au 67 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Meanwhile on Lemmy:

No one under 18 years of age or under the regulated minimum age defined by your local law (whichever is higher), is allowed to use or access the website.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

On my instance nobody younger than the admin is allowed.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

now i want to run my own instance purely to limit admission to those below 150cm or above 170cm

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

On which instance? Australia has that as a law, from my understanding, and given your instance's ccTLD, I would assume the law applies to that instance.

[–] meowmeow@quokk.au 17 points 1 week ago

That’s from .world

Beehaw is 16

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That actually varies by instance, it's been an issue because the lead mod of several tiny communities is under 18 and had to move their communities to an instance they're actually allowed to be on.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

That actually varies by instance

Well, this community is on programming.dev and the rule here is:

1.3. You are at least 16 years old and over the regulated minimum age defined by your local law to access our services.

https://legal.programming.dev/docs/terms-of-service/

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Linux is not for the eyes of the younger, for its enchanting presense can be overwhelming and turn you into a programming catboy

[–] liinux@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Does Linux turn you into a furry, or do you have to be a furry to use Linux?

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

If you wear programmer socks you get a pass

[–] 474D@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

I wasn't allowed to play GTA when I was a kid either but well ...

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"By using this site"

Lmao get fucked my HTTP requests are not a signature to your terms

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Lmao get fucked my HTTP requests are not a signature to your terms

True but registering for accounts is.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Nobody's enforcing it so who gives a shit?

Without caring to read the replies to that mail, pretty sure it's because the forum feature can be seen as a social network and they just don't want to deal with getting guardian's approval and similar BS some laws around the world may require. openSUSE is a corporate-led distribution after all. They have to abide by different rules than some dude remixing Ubuntu in his bedroom.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Nobody's enforcing it so who gives a shit?

Because once people accept age-gating for any and all websites, enforcement (i.e. age verification) becomes a much easier sell to the average person who doesn't care about their privacy.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then stop interacting with any community / user on programming.dev RIGHT NOW!

1.3. You are at least 16 years old and over the regulated minimum age defined by your local law to access our services.

https://legal.programming.dev/docs/terms-of-service/

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

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Good job, you caught the one person who failed to read the TOS before making their account, which we all do always every time.

[–] BigMike@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Then stop interacting with any community / user on sopuli.xyz RIGHT NOW!

Our site, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 16 years old. If you are under the age of 16, per the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) do not use this site.

https://sopuli.xyz/legal

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

That hypothetical doesn't seem to have happened in reality, because these terms have been standard in almost all TOSs for decades and yet age verification is not suddenly an easy sell.

Do you not read the terms of service before creating an account on social media?!?!

[–] Feyter@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

To use this side you have at least be as pale as #FFDAB9... But nobody is enforcing it.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

I'm sure exactly zero kids have read the TOS and left the site. There isn't so much as a pop-up that attempts to enforce it.

As others have already mentioned, most Lemmy instances have this exact term in their TOS (which you read, right?)

[–] frightful5680@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

You know what they say keep it quiet keep it movin' (stranger danger etc.)

Grew up in a time where no one gave a shit. Didn't tell people my age online. Nothing ever happened.

CYA (cover your ) terms without verification is ok by me. Responsibility should be on parent.