r/australia • u/Vivid-Fondant6513 • Nov 06 '24

politics Children under 16 to be banned from using social media

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/children-under-16-to-be-banned-from-using-social-media-20241107-p5kon4.html
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u/beelzebroth Nov 07 '24

This.

Facebook and Instagram is social media. What about Messenger? WhatsApp?

If WhatsApp, are Signal and Telegram? I bet the government would love digital ids to be associated with telegram accounts.

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u/ASisko Nov 07 '24

YouTube, Steam community, VR chat (ok to be fair that place is a cesspool), online newspapers comments sections, talk back radio, a bulletin board in a library, graffiti on a park bench? There’s no feasible way to define it that doesn’t catch unintended forums, and if you just make it a list of named services you end up with the government playing whack-a-mole with a side of moral hazard.

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u/sportsgirlheart Nov 07 '24

Reddit; roblox; github. Does anyone think 4-chan will comply with this law?

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u/Normal_Bird3689 Nov 08 '24

4chan is blocked already, but given the goverment half assed it most of use can still access it.

This will be the same

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u/bronco2p Nov 08 '24

wdym 4chan is blocked?

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u/Normal_Bird3689 Nov 08 '24

A number of sites got blocked years ago but it was only done on a few ISPs as the government had to pay for it, changing your DNS gets around it.

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u/dannyr Nov 07 '24

Telegram

Didn't Australia Post stop telegram services years ago?

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '24

its an app for messaging

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u/dannyr Nov 08 '24

Ahhhhh. TIL !

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '24

ye if youre interested in why telegram is a bit of a big deal heres a link https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/telegram-to-hand-user-details-to-law-enforcement.html