Gavin Baker

I mean, truthfully, like if a kid goes and vibe codes a social network and sends it to like their five friends, like, yeah, that might violate like user account logins.

It might be like a social app, but that feels like way chiller and not a big deal to me.

Like it feels like the spirit of the law is like held there anyway.

Yeah.

I just, we can come back to this.

If you have like, okay, there is a million dollar penalty for, for,

delivering a social media experience to someone under 16, then if I'm a vibe coder, first, the model is going to say, Hey, what you're doing violates UK law.

I can't help you.

Or they'll say, are you sure you want to do this?

Because like that's risky.

And then you do it and then you just get the fine and you're like, I'm shutting down.

Why would I keep doing this?

They'll turn that into it.

So the definition that the UK is using, they're using the Australian model.

It's not anything with accounts and comments.

It's user-to-user platforms whose purpose is to enable social interaction where users can post material and where content is distributed alongside slash through algorithms.

So you've got to have an algorithm that's there.

They explicitly name Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram platforms.

Facebook and X. And so the working definition is basically a social app where users post content to other users, interact socially, algorithmic feeds, shape distribution.

So messaging services like WhatsApp signal are not affected.