Comment on How Australia's social media ban threatens free expression

• minorkeys@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  So ban social media. Why is age proof the barrier rather than better parental controls? Age verification comes with identification tracking liabilities across the internet. Fuck this dystopian hellscape that is forming.

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  • hanrahan@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Why is age proof the barrier rather than better parental controls?

    Same reason it is with drinking, voting, smoking.

    I’m.all for banning socail media but the shit storm of trying would be an impossible fight.

    My undeestanding for Aus was this was the catalyst

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-25/united-nations-general-assembly-social-media-ban/105814246

    Emma Mason, whose 15-year-old daughter Tilly died by suicide after being bullied on social media, spoke powerfully at the event,

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    • minorkeys@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      We stop kids from doing all kinds of things. Just because some prove difficult doesn’t make this impossible. We can code software to make the bottles not open but we can for any app on a digital device, especially smart phones.

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  • The_Decryptor@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Same reason we still haven’t banned smoking or gambling, once you’re an adult you’re on your own.

    Unless it’s drugs of course, can’t have them.

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