Unenforceable, unworkable etc. And a bad idea to begin with. Why is youtube on the ban list? Apparently other social media platforms like facebook pushed the government to do it. But youtube has all sorts of useful educational and instructional videos for children. It can step a child through how to repair a puncture on their bike for example.

This rule does not just affect Australian children. It means all Australians will be forced to provide formal identification to social media sites. What it really is, is a ban on anonymous use of the internet. I discourage anyone from providing personal information when they sign up to free websites, including this one. The government is now forcing you to. Unless you are going to buy something from them, there is no reason to give them your date of birth. This move will actually assist social media companies in building huge databases of everything you have ever done online so they can use it to train AI and manipulate you - into buying things, voting for their sponsors etc.

Now that those databases are legally required to contain your real personal information, they will also become a lucrative target for hackers and other criminals.

This will either be a paper tiger that the kids can get around in 20 seconds, or a huge invasion of our privacy.

As I've said before - the big 'test' will come on the first day of the 2026 school year.

It will be interesting to see how many school children still have their faces glued to their phones while they're crowded around waiting for buses and trains to take them to and from school each day.

My prediction is - the majority of them will still be doing it just like we see today before the so called ban comes into effect.

This is a very ill-conceived idea that is unworkable in practice. Not only will teenagers find workarounds, but the fact that this will require every internet user to provide proof of age is government overreach at its worst. It is up to parents to control their childrens internet access, not the government.

Well - it's a two way street - on the one hand it's a great idea to get kids away from porn sites and such and especially as far away as possible from the ball cutters etc, and even from the too trendy 'progressive' propaganda that never ends ...  on the other restricting access to information can be seen as tyrannical.

Of course - the 'progressives' paint it as a terrible assault on rights.... well - if these sites were responsible citizens there would be no need for any such intervention.  Of course the little blighters will find ways around it... it's a challenge for their cunning skills ... soon there will be a kid's black market in ways to get around the bans... so the only way to control this is to put such sites on severely limited access.

Got one now flashing naked ladies at me... I was more stimulated by the sparks that flew between my cardiologist's receptionist and I yesterday... damn - that had me feeling heterogender ...

Daves2017 wrote on Oct 18^th, 2025 at 10:26am:



I'm Brian. And so is my wife.



(I'm only jokin', I'm not really Bbwiyawn)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0gkg7x59go





6 hours ago



Popular forum site Reddit has been added to Australia's world-first social media ban for children under 16 that starts next month.

Live-streaming platform Kick will also be included, bringing the number of sites targeted in the ban to nine. They include Facebook, X, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Threads.

From 10 December, tech companies can be fined up to A$50m ($32.5m; £25.7m) if they do not take "reasonable steps" to deactivate existing accounts for under-16s and prohibit new ones.

Each banned platform was chosen as their "sole or a significant purpose is to enable online social interaction," the government said, and more sites may be added given the "fast-changing" nature of technology.

Bobby. wrote on Nov 5^th, 2025 at 4:24pm:


Well, greggery peccary isn't my real name, obviously   

It's Peter Peccary.

freediver wrote on Oct 18^th, 2025 at 9:05am:


I think you are correct.

I'm hoping t scare you here over AI and the level to which our private information is shared around....

I had occasion to replace my cashcard - someone had a shot at it and the bank sent me a new one.... in upgrading the card number on a site I use.............. the new card number autofilled... the only bits missing were the date of expiry and the CVC.... I kid you not...

The ATO already autofills for me  - but this is a whole new ball game when a private site can have access to such sensitive information without my approval.

I am warning you all....... governments are incapable of controlling the internet as it now is... sites are essentially a law unto themselves and are relied on to 'self-police'* ...once AI gets into full swing and all this guff becomes available to anyone the government sells it to or to anyone who can hack the government files... or government itself - in its usual style here - uses it for purposes it was not supposed to be used for...........  trouble is brewing big time.


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Daves2017 wrote on Nov 5^th, 2025 at 9:35pm:




“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
It was their final, most essential command.”

― George Orwell, 1984

Time to pause to consider exactly why the 'opposition' is carrying on in such an inefficient manner - they want that control exactly like Albo's crop do... but they don't want to be blamed for it.

Any reasoning person looking at this from the outside can only assume these people are all insane.  What earthly benefit is there from having that kind of control over the people of this country?  It will only make us ripe for invasion .. we're AUSTRALIANS - we thrive on being fiercely independent and also working as a good team when we want.

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The social media ban for kids is how the government will push digital ID for adults to be on social media.
Green senator asked this question in senate the reply was everyone will have to prove their age.

It has nothing to do with protecting kids.

What will people do if they cannot go on social media, bring back the pinball machines.

Carl D wrote on Oct 18^th, 2025 at 9:48am:


you know that they still have lots to look at, and can chat to each other, without social media