Australia's Insane Social Media Ban

In this episode we check out the details on a world first: Banning children under 16 from using social media. On the surface it sounds fine but as you dig deeper, things get murky.

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[ritmok]

The government has assured everyone they won't misuse it, and since they have never lied or abused their power, I am satisfied.

[RichardEricCollins]

If your ID can deny you access based on age then it can be used to deny access for other reasons.

[Gideonsmythe]

Political speak "Let me be clear" always means "I'm going to deflect away from your point and answer a question you didn't ask".

[Shawnmyrelle]

Anytime someone says “its about the children” its 1000 percent not about the children. While I am all for 16 years olds being kicked off the internet, I am concerned about how this blatant attack on privacy will affect the coming age.

[RinoaL]

It'll probably keep the older people off social media more than it keeps the kids off.

[VincentPaulS]

Force everyone to show ID to login to social media, make it illegal to criticize the people in power, hrmmm, I think I’ve seen this one before…

[meatsaucez]

Remember Australians made it illegal for companies to to not install backdoors in their encryption when requested. They also made it a criminal offence for any company to inform the public that they have been requested to install backdoors.

[JodyBruchon]

In other words, anyone who doesn't submit to this will be blocked from speaking to anyone online, thereby losing the ability to oppose it.

[LZEGION]

Given the way this government operates, this is most certainly not about the children.

[EagerEggplant]

It is always under the veil of protecting the kids

[RuwanthaPushpika]

forget facebook, tiktok.. banning youtube takes away ton of education opportunities for aussie kids. Tbh big reason for our knowhow is tutorials/guides on youtube. (P.S : although video shows youtube in the potential ban list as many pointed out seems youtube will not be affected)

[gregbailey]

Its a shame how Australia is always 'first' to try the stupidest things!

[thewarsimmoral]

Yeah this is a box you don’t want to open. Based on most governments not protecting children from almost anything, there’s a good chance this has nothing to do with good intention.

[DigitalDemonicDavros]

This is a rabbit hole that the Australian government doesn't really understand how messy this will become.

[prezfa]

Kids aren't stupid, they'll always find another place to convene. The internet is one massive ocean with tons of little islands to set sail for.

[Seek.YouWillFind]

This is digital slavery first step to a social credit score system.
Welcome to 1984 😡

[sunnysanjo]

They always do this. Of course we all want to protect children, but it’s the intent. laws like this always act like they’re “doing it for the kids, ” but then we lose more aspects of privacy

[iloveplayingpr]

This is just asking for a massive data breach incident, the question isn't about if it's possible it's about how the Government will take responsibility and how they will react once it happens.

[NN]

Funny they put it under the "social media" rug.
While there are +++100.000 websites with disclaimers "are you 18 years old YES/NO", to get access to the most vulgar websites on this earth.

[PowerScissor]

Will the government be teaching kids to ride bikes, changing diapers, reading kids a bedtime story also?

Parents should raise their children, not governments. Wild the government even wants to do this.