It’s honestly a travesty we got this before an Australian version of the GDPR…
Comment on The secret deal behind the teenage social media ban
Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Why the fuck is the media still calling this a kids social media ban instead of what it really is? A fucking Trojan horse for govt and big tech to further erode digital rights and harvest more personal data.
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 day ago
quokka1@mastodon.au 1 day ago
@MisterFrog @Longmactoppedup “[The original bill] would have put Australia in a leading position to regulate big tech in a way that wasn’t just overly punitive. But then it got gutted six ways to Sunday,”
Wow. Letting Australian politicians near technology has ended in a pointless expensive mess? :blobcatfacepalm:
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I’m not against regulation, without regulation is how we’ve ended up with Facebook Analytica and everyone and their dog collecting mountains of personal information to sell.
Just that they went and decided on this nebulous age verification instead of actual privacy protection we’re sorely lacking in this country (online)
Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Just that they went and decided on this nebulous age verification instead of actual privacy protection we’re sorely lacking in this country (online)
As much as I do support the basic premise of a social media ban for children, this was always my big concern about the way the debate unfolded in Australia. Everyone was so preoccupied with these hysterical child safety arguments around sex predators and violent imagery. The much larger and more important issues around privacy and childhood development (i.e. influence of addictive technology on developing brains and broader impacts on society of these problems becoming normalised and resolved within our culture) were often just background noise.
Salvo@aussie.zone 11 hours ago
Because it is also a fucking Trojan horse for The Media to further erode digital rights and harvest more personal data.