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Australians to face age checks from search engines

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139 points stubish | 3 comments | 01 Jul 25 23:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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t0lo ◴[02 Jul 25 01:11 UTC] No.44439390[source]▶
As an australian citizen i'm all for it. Look at how the internet and social media has destroyed our current youth and their naivety and sense of emotional security. They all act like they're living in soviet russia at this point and have become so hard and jaded.

Better I give a little bit of pii than some kid grows up too early.

Would you be able to tell the difference if this policy came from a place of compassion?

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abtinf ◴[02 Jul 25 01:17 UTC] No.44439429[source]▶
> They all act like they're living in soviet russia

Nothing says “not living in Soviet Russia” like having to show your papers to access information.

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jp0d ◴[02 Jul 25 01:21 UTC] No.44439448[source]▶
what's the alternative? Is it really information or misinformation?
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1. bamboozled ◴[02 Jul 25 01:25 UTC] No.44439474[source]▶
We failed to give the kids the skills to think critically (because that's not in the ruling classes best interest), so now, to keep the population under some form of governability, information has to be restricted so people don't end up destroying their own society. Nice.

I agree though, most information is misinformation, even the most popular stuff, Joe Rogan et al.

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2. Dylan16807 ◴[02 Jul 25 02:23 UTC] No.44439727[source]▶
Critical thinking lessons are not enough to protect kids.
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3. bamboozled ◴[02 Jul 25 03:57 UTC] No.44440128[source]▶
You’re right, I misspoke, kids should be off the phones and internet until a certain age but while they’re offline need to be prepared to deal with the onslaught of rubbish they will face when they’re online. Including AI generated nonsense.