Comment on U16 Social Media Ban - Senate 1hr debate before the vote, some time tonight on the livestream

• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  For real? I hope you still do

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Not OP, but this garbage solidified my decision that I wish to move countries sometime soon. I think the EU’s done a good job at regulating corporations while also not making such over the top decisions, and generally respecting democratic processes when they do make heavy handed decisions

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      If I had better earning potential I probably would have absconded to Europe

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      • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        That’s a large part of why I’m planning on continuing my studies eventually. As soon as the opportunity to move comes up,.I’m out of here

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    • Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The GDPR has been completely ineffective.

      Instead of preventing immoral businesses from collecting our data, it has forced moral and immoral businesses to make their websites completely useless unless we give them explicit permission to collect our data. We get that stupid, ineffectual modal pop up whenever we visit their site, and no matter how many permissions we give them, they are forced to ask every time.

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• Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The thing is All-The-Countries are just as bad (if not worse).

  At least we have preferential voting in Australia so (if we can educate our idiotic fellow voters) we have a (theoretical) chance to vote both major parties out.

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