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Do they have any rule that says you need a minimum number of users on a site to fall under the law?

If servers of someinstance.co.au fine if they move to hosting in Finland?

It just feels like a nightmare.

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[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

But absurdly enough, 4chan is exempt from this because all activity on there is anonymous.

Don't think that's it, it has no footprint in Australia. Meta, &Google, X etal all do, same as piefed.social, lemmy.world etal have no Australian base. aussie.socal users can just move to another server. I'm an Aussie.

Similarly UK has tried to get 4chan, kiwifarms etc but they have no UK footprint so they just ignore them.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Similarly UK has tried to get 4chan, kiwifarms etc but they have no UK footprint so they just ignore them.

No, that's a matter of enforcement. UK is still trying to fine 4chan - but failing. Australia has just outright said the law doesn't apply to them.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/09/4chan-not-blocked-australia-under-16s-social-media-ban

[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I saw someone earlier say it was on the basis of anonymity…people don’t actually have ‘accounts’, so there’s nothing to verify. How accurate that is I don’t know and I’ve never used 4chan.