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Australians to face age checks from search engines

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139 points stubish | 1 comments | 01 Jul 25 23:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.307s | source
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Sevrene ◴[02 Jul 25 01:22 UTC] No.44439456[source]▶
I’m an Australian who values privacy and civil liberties more than most I meet.

While I yearn for the more authentic and sincere days of the internet I grew up on, I recognize very quickly by visiting x or facebook how much it isn’t that, and hasn’t been for a long time.

I think this bill is a good thing and I support it.

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1. fc417fc802 ◴[02 Jul 25 05:03 UTC] No.44440386[source]▶
Aren't privacy and civil liberties fundamentally at odds with centralized government issued ID checks? How can you claim to value the former while supporting a plan to require the latter?

In the days before electronics were endemic, physically checking a photo ID didn't run afoul of that as long as the person checking didn't record the serial number. But that's no longer the world we live in.