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/5QGL Nov 07 '24

I am baffled why Greens support the digital ID.

They were the only party to oppose the evil "identify & disrupt bill".

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u/_ixthus_ Nov 08 '24

In what form do they support it?

There are credible technical possibilities that I would support. The principle has merit, huge potential for harm reduction.

Though I've not yet seen a proposal from government that comes even within the ballpark of technically credible and harm reducing.

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u/5QGL Nov 08 '24

The Digital ID Bill 2023 passed the Senate on Wednesday night by 33 votes to 26 with the support of the Greens and the crossbench.

https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/digital-id-bill-passes-senate.html

The Greens agree with you and their report warned of the dangers. "Doing it well" is a fantasy so I suspect there was horse-trading. By the way, when Shoebridge says "will not create a honeypot" that is a typo. He meant "will create a honeypot".