☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“At first glance, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> will not have to deny service to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australians</span></a> under 16 years of age, because the criteria that require a platform to do so are:</p><p>Having the sole, or a significant purpose, of *enabling online <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SocialInteraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialInteraction</span></a> between two or more <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EndUsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndUsers</span></a>*; Allowing users to link to, or interact with, other end-users; Allowing <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>users</span></a> to post material on the service; Hosting material that is accessible to, or delivered to, end-users in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> . GitHub’s purpose is not to enable social interaction.</p><p>However, the platform is not always a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SafeSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SafeSpace</span></a>, as GitHub allows comments and developers can be brutal to each other. The site can also host <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>images</span></a>, and the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GitHubPages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHubPages</span></a> service allows users to create <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/websites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>websites</span></a> based on their repos.</p><p>So there’s plenty of potential for GitHub to host revolting material that could be bad for kids.“</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DigitalID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalID</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AgeAssurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgeAssurance</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/straya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>straya</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/25/australia_social_media_ban_github/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/09/25/aus</span><span class="invisible">tralia_social_media_ban_github/</span></a>></p>