Australia is a nanny state censoring the internet.

from my pov if being a nanny state lets kids be more like kids and less like little phone addicts having their dopamines blown I don’t mind it

there are other countries looking at doing the same

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAzFCwCkAgI

Parents should be doing a better job parenting, rather than relying on the state to do it for them.

Also, when has banning kids from doing something actually stopped them from doing it? Even “back in my day”, using a proxy to bypass blocked sites was common knowledge amongst the smarter kids. The tech savvy kids would host their own proxies using a free web hosting service and PHProxy (or similar software). These days, it’s much easier to use a VPN or proxy.

Hey both of these are covered on the FAQ

proxy to bypass blocked sites was common knowledge

It’s not a technological block, the social media sites will rely on a variety of signals, for example if you sign up for a facebook account in USA, but take a selfie geolocating you in australia and image scan picks up that you might be under 16, you’ll still get pinged for id check

amongst the smarter kids

They are targeting all under 16’s, and this is mentioned as well, even if 10% of kids get around the ban somehow, the fact that 90% don’t removes a huge part of the social in social network

even if 10% of kids get around the ban somehow, the fact that 90% don’t removes a huge part of the social in social network

The kids that get around the ban will spread that knowledge to others. That’s what happened when I went to school, and I don’t think it’s any different today.