This is a reminder that you must be at least 18 years old to access Lemmy World per their Terms of Service (ToS). Additionally, as moderators of this community, we are obliged to report violations of this rule, so we will have to report it to the admin team if a user in this community explicitly identifies as younger than 18 years old.
We have reached out to the admins requesting for a modification to the rules if !autism@lemmy.world were to adjust its rules to accommodate the needs of 16 and 17 year-olds. While they were understanding, it seems that the necessary changes are not possible at the moment. Therefore, unless the ToS change, if anyone identifies themselves as younger than 18 years old on !autism@lemmy.world, we will have to report your account. We would hate for someone to get invested in this community, develop a bond, and then have it suddenly taken away. At the same time, we don’t want to jeopardize it by helping users violate terms and ultimately the trust we have with the admin team.
We appreciate your understanding and compliance with this matter.
!autism@lemmy.world Mods
While the rule makes sense for lemmy.world, who are keen to keep things clean and legal, this might be a good reason to move off of the instance.
Most are going to ignore the rule, but for obvious reasons that probably won’t fly here. Plus engaging with younger people may very well be within the spirit/purpose of the community.