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Age verification doesn’t work

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134 points salutis | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 06:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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nomilk ◴[05 Sep 25 07:06 UTC] No.45135766[source]▶
The choice citizens have now is between an 'internet licence' (submit ID's to myriad sites), or an 'internet tax' (VPN).

Super annoying!

Given Australia doesn't even require Age Verification on porn sites (only on social media sites), the incentives hint this was strongly supported by legacy media (90% of Aussie media is owned by two companies, Newscorp and Nine Entertainment).

The internet licence will make it difficult for both authors and readers on alternative media platforms. And it will outright prohibit young people from getting information from non-permitted sources (of course, legacy sources are not affected - incidentally, they're probably more harmful than the prohibited sources). (I've long said, to try to think clearly after watching 'the news' is akin to trying to operate heavy machinery after consuming alcohol).

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Aeolun ◴[05 Sep 25 07:12 UTC] No.45135801[source]▶
> The internet licence will make it difficult for both authors and readers on alternative media platforms

Not really? Like the article says, they’ll just go to sites that don’t require age verification.

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1. nomilk ◴[05 Sep 25 07:27 UTC] No.45135892[source]▶
Hard to argue that isn't an inconvenience. In other words, the outcome is the same, but thanks to government intervention, everyone's worse off.

A good example of where social media can really matter is for say, gay kids in a religious households, where they might not be able to talk to someone in person. Social media makes it easy to create a dummy account and visit forums for advice or reassurance.