Banning social media and introducing mandatory age verification checks is the wrong approach to protecting young people online, but politicians in Australia decided to do so anyway. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/australia-banning-kids-social-media-does-more-harm-good
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Australia Banning Kids from Social Media Does More Harm Than GoodAge verification systems are surveillance systems that threaten everyone’s privacy and anonymity. But Australia’s government recently decided to ignore these dangers, passing a vague, sweeping piece of age verification legislation after giving only a day for comments. The Online Safety Amendment (...
ralberto
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How is that wrong exactly? Have you not seen the rise of fascism with Elon's X? This is a very necessary measure.
December 21, 2024 at 8:55:46 PM
