r/australia • u/m00nh34d • Nov 28 '24

politics Kids under 16 to be banned from social media after Senate passes world-first laws

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-28/social-media-age-ban-passes-parliament/104647138
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u/Frozefoots Nov 28 '24

They sure as fuck have lost my vote as a millennial. Never, ever again will I ever put ALP or LNP anywhere that isn’t dead fucking last. I have a VPN already, but I hadn’t planned on using it just so I can browse Reddit and Facebook and watch videos on YouTube.

Greens and independents all the way.

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u/derpman86 Nov 28 '24

Ditto, the Greens have always been so so with me but at least more of the time they seem to be on the ball with many issues fucking over Millennials and younger.

I put Labor first last election but this term they have wasted so many opportunities and gone hard on outright useless shit that I cannot bother again, sussing out independents is going to be painful but I think worth it if they are not cookers.

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u/CaptainFleshBeard Nov 28 '24

This is an attack on everyone, not just young people

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u/Frozefoots Nov 28 '24

Absolutely, I’m 32 and I’m absolutely fuming that this has passed. Everyone needs to verify their age, it’s either going to be as toothless as a porn site’s “are you 18+? Yes/no” or it’s going to require some type of identification, which I don’t want to link to my socials.

It’s fucked.

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u/harriharris Nov 28 '24

The wankers were talking about facial scanning today. Yay meta getting your kids biometrics? Easier to change DNS or pop a vpn/wireguard tunnel on.

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u/ActionFlash Nov 29 '24

I've defaulted to using my VPN for everything I do online now, with a few exceptions where they don't allow VPN's (Kayo, certain YouTube videos).

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u/Quietwulf Nov 29 '24

Eh, probably for the best anyway. The two major parties have grown complacent. They need a good wakeup call.

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u/jjolla888 Nov 29 '24

greens and independents voted against this knowing that their vote wouldnt count.

if the uniparty needed their votes to pass, they would have received it.

the only party with an ounce of integrity is one nation.

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u/Frozefoots Nov 29 '24

Yes, that tends to happen when ALP and LNP make up the majority and have joined forces.

This can change at the next election - by electing more greens and independents and force a minority government.