I saw on twitter they easily get over these restrictions, they just don't want kids to be radicalized by the truth, and everyone knows that, this initative will fail

Its almost like they're doing their parents job for them, because the parents aren't parenting anymore.

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

Its almost like they're doing their parents job for them, because the parents aren't parenting anymore.

It's almost there's a different agenda.

It's better to convince kids to stay away.

As Pixy wrote in the tech thread at AoSHQ the other day:

Originally posted by Pixy:

Australia is joining a wave of fascist dictatorships around the globe in regulating how kids spend their time online. (The Verge) (archive site)

I may have changed a word or two there.

Originally posted by The Verge:

On December 10th, most major social media platforms will boot children in the country under 16 from their services. Under the law, social platforms will also need to implement a "reasonable" age verification method there - while critics argue kids will get around it anyway.

The critics are, of course, correct. The age restrictions are about as robust as The Verge's paywall.

Originally posted by Masque:

As Pixy wrote in the tech thread at AoSHQ the other day:

Originally posted by Pixy:

Australia is joining a wave of fascist dictatorships around the globe in regulating how kids spend their time online. (The Verge) (archive site)

I may have changed a word or two there.



The critics are, of course, correct. The age restrictions are about as robust as The Verge's paywall.

As someone wise on twitter said, this is skipping the middleman, the kids will directly understand that the government is evil, a win, win.

Its not the kids they're protecting, its the young roos that are too vulnerable.


Also I hear some irresponsible parents in America want this too. Maybe they shouldn't have their kids...

It has not impacted many of my students so far. Some of them get banned on one thing but every other app is working fine.

Not enough testing was actually placed on how to identity if an account is under 16.

its no different than waiting to drive a car or drink....

it might be good at forcing parents to pay more attention to what their kids can do..

So, in summary, we now have:

Steve Irwin;
Mad Max;
The Emu war;

And now this. Australia is known for these four things now.

Originally posted by AustrAlien2010:

So, in summary, we now have:

Steve Irwin;
Mad Max;
The Emu war;

And now this. Australia is known for these four things now.

Emu war? You mean emulators? What about them?

that's a thing? it sounds dystopian

Originally posted by snowpersxn ✝⛄:

that's a thing? it sounds dystopian

Sounds like good parenting to me.

Correction: There are only three things Australia is known for. It seems the emu war is not common knowledge in this community.

Originally posted by Pierce Dalton:

Emu war? You mean emulators? What about them?

No. I meant something else.
It is a species of bird they apparently waged war against, in the past. And people call it the "emu war." I've noticed other people post about the emu war on these forums earlier. So coincidentally, I assumed everyone knew about this.
I expect that people do know about the other two things. And perhaps the Sydney opera house is also commonly associated with Australia.

The point I was trying to make was, that our knowledge about Australia is limited. Besides these few things that we've heard about.

Ah wait, I just heard, there's also "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo." People have heard about that, haven't they?

Originally posted by Pierce Dalton:

Originally posted by snowpersxn ✝⛄:

that's a thing? it sounds dystopian

Sounds like good parenting to me.

except for the fact that it isn't parenting, i agree