Australia’s House of Representatives passes bill that would ban young children from social media

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1. I’d be curious as to how something like this would be policed.

   What I mean is what stops a 15 year old from making a Facebook or similar account that marks them as 18 years of age to circumvent the ban?

   I feel like this may inadvertently increase child abuse since a bunch of minors will now have 18+ accounts that predators can freely message.

2. Honest question, how would they ever enforce this?

3. This is an example of a state overstepping it’s boundaries.

4. The faster the better, its like legaly selling coke in a past

5. Can we include online video game lobbies? And get this passed in America too.

6. I hope it works out—a great example

7. I understand they’re concerned about how social media is damaging to young people. But I think it would be better to teach critical thinking and to do what Finland does, have classes on fake news and disinformation.

8. Its less about kids on social media, and more of a way for the government to sneak in under the table a digital ID and online tracking of citizens. Like what the CCP does.

9. Great work. We love to ban everything over here, including drugs. Like, we just made it illegal and all the drugs disappeared. Just like that.

10. Good they actively make it worse and it’s pretty bad for them to consume full time. Good luck enforcing it tho

11. I’m currently trying to devise a way to make money from this. Perhaps selling pre-made accounts? Suggestions? I want to see this fail in the most spectacular way possible – and I’m willing to help.

12. Why do this instead of banning tiktok directly?

13. Let’s hope other Western countries follow suit.

14. VPN subs on the rise

15. Next up, national bedtime law. Officers will show up at 8pm every night to make sure little Johnny has brushed his teeth and been tucked into bed.

16. Digital ID testing ground.

17. Problem solved, then.

18. So bitte porn can be legalised now right? Because pesky children can’t see it anymore

19. Everyone here seems to forget these apps literally watch and listen to us at all times. They know when an adult is using it and when it’s a kid. The grey area will be 15 year olds yet I’m sure ai systems today can get a pretty accurate estimate of age.

    Instead of using all these systems to force feed us targeted advertising, they can spare some server processing to restrict underage users. They certainly have enough data currently to not require ID verification.

    Also I think you’ll find the average person won’t give a shit if Facebook or instagram asks to verify their age with their licence.

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