XPost: alt.comp.linux   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 2/02/2026 1:29 am, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 19:21:52 +1100, Daniel70   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Cross-posted to Linux and Win-11 NGs   
   >>   
   >> As may here would be aware, last December, the Australian Government   
   >> brought in Legislation to limit the access to "Social Media" for those   
   >> under 16 years of age.   
   >>   
   >> Whilst I doubt there were many under-16's using UseNet, I have heard   
   >> some suggest that it is a "Social Media".   
   >>   
   >> Facebook ... Sure!   
   >> X ... Sure!   
   >> Instagram .... Sure!   
   >> Youtube .... Some would suggest it is "Social Media", too.   
   >>   
   >> ... and there are probably others I can't think of or have Never heard of.   
   >>   
   >> But is UseNet "Social Media"??   
   >   
   > Usenet can be a social medium, and is sometimes used as such, if one   
   > defines a socuial mediun as one through which people have social   
   > intoercourse with one another. But the nechnical newsgroups are   
   > certainly not social media, and some of the other ngs, though they may   
   > have some social chitchat are not primarily social media.   
   >   
   > I had a mailing list, called "offtopic" which probably could fit   
   > within the definition of a social medium -- it's for people to chat   
   > about stuff that is offtopic in more specialised forums.   
   >   
   > How does the Australian legislation deine it?   
   >   
   Upthread Richard Kettle posted this link .....   
      
   https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024A00127/asmade/text   
      
   Section 63C s 1.   
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   Daniel70   
      
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