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  • Five Things Cesy Said

    Published: Tue 17 Dec 2024 06:10PM UTC Comments: 0

    Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer's personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today's post is with Cesy, who volunteers with the Finance Committee.

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  • Social Media Bans and AO3

    Published: Fri 13 Dec 2024 10:05PM UTC Comments: 251

    Recently, the Australian Parliament passed the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill as part of the Online Safety Act of 2021 amendment. Starting in late 2025, the bill will prevent teenagers under 16 from using social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter/X. The bill plans to apply enormous fines to tech companies that don’t take measures to prevent minors from creating social media accounts.

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  • Releases 0.9.379 - 0.9.382: Change Log

    Published: Wed 11 Dec 2024 08:04AM UTC Comments: 17

    In October and November we prepared for and then deployed the updated Terms of Service. We also included a variety of smaller improvements from as many contributors as we could.

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