Tech minister says Australia-style social media ban for under-16s is now highly unlikely
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14242611/Tech-minister-Australia-style-social-media-ban-16s-unlikely-protect-vulnerable-children.html
Posted by vriska1
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Can’t be enforced anyway. Even the Australian one is bullshit that they just pushed through to make old people (the majority of voters) who have no idea how any of this works happy. AFAIK, Australia still doesn’t have a plan on how to enforce it.
The only way to do this via IT involves a massive cyber security risk. Something like having to enter your NI number to access social media.
Better to fine parents £3000 if they fail to ensure little Jonny isn’t abiding by the law.
No point if there’s no social media because everything gets closed down by the Online Safety Act!
Good luck to Austrian trying to enforce it. New social media platforms are created on a regular basis. Teenagers using them is what makes the platforms money. Snapchat and tiktok wouldn’t be where it was today without under 18s. They’ll pay the fines and still have the kids on them.
It’s hard to enforce. Glad that my MP sees that as well.
Certainly I’d want to give it a couple of years to see how Australia’s attempt fares before jumping on the bandwagon.
It’s scary to see what’s happening in Australia. We’re becoming more authoritarian by the day. For years, we’ve had police in Sydney harassing people with drug detection dogs at pubs and train stations. People stopped by the dogs at music festivals are routinely subjected to naked strip searches where they’re made to squat and cough, bend over etc.
States around the country have passed laws giving police to randomly wand people with metal detectors in public. Everyone carries metal on them so now they’ve got an excuse to search you and your bag as well.
States around the country have been passing tough anti-protest laws (in New South Wales you need police permission to hold a protest). Victoria is pushing to ban face coverings at protests.
This social media ban is the latest attempt by the Australian government to try and curtail internet freedoms. It’s almost certainly going to lead to the implementation of a digital ID, meaning people will have to register to use the internet. The Murdoch press demanded this legislation and both major parties backed it. It was rammed through in the dead of night and the government still hasn’t told us how they plan to enforce it.
Good.
It was only being suggested in certain countries to usher in digital ID under the guise of protecting children.
WEF nonsense being pushed by sociopaths like Tony Blair.
As an Australian, I’m shocked!
Well, not that shocked.
Maybe… and this is a huge ask, maybe parents should be in charge of looking after their kids.
And society as a whole shouldn’t have to yield or change because you can’t parent.
The only way to do this is to remove anonymous internet browsing, posting and access…. Which is the actual idea and has been the policy of both parties in Australia for 25 years. They’ve tried it a few times: for anti terrorism, protecting children from predators, now protecting children from Facebook etc.
They want to do it in the Uk obviously but they know Elon Musk and possibly other tech billionaires will definitely back Reform if they do .
It’s not the states responsibility to do the parents job for them.