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The company argued to the eSafety commissioner that its platform was a source of information, not primarily social media.
Documents obtained by Guardian Australia reveal the company said it was “not centred around real-time social networking among young people”, but rather a “pseudonymous platform organised around sharing information”.
Reddit announced on Tuesday, one day before the ban was due to commence, that it would comply with the law. But in a post on the platform that confirmed the decision it also outlined its objections.
New users in Australia will be required to provide their birth date on signup, and existing account holders will go through an age-prediction model, Reddit said.
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In the letter the company argued it was not a social media platform as defined in the law.
“The sole or significant purpose of our platform is to provide knowledge-sharing in timely, context-rich conversations; interaction between end-users is simply an incidental step to enabling this primary purpose,” Reddit said in the letter.
Reddit is a “pseudonymous platform organised around sharing information in topic-based communities rather than personal profiles or social networks,” the platform said.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/09/reddit-to-comply-with-australias-legally-erroneous-under-16-social-media-ban
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/reddit-says-australias-under-16-social-media-ban-legally-erroneous/articleshow/125858240.cms