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Age verification doesn’t work

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134 points salutis | 6 comments | 05 Sep 25 06:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.743s | source | bottom
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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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1. general1465 ◴[05 Sep 25 07:36 UTC] No.45135959[source]▶
> Given Australia doesn't even require Age Verification on porn sites (only on social media sites)

Am I only one who sees loophole in creating a social media site, which will be a porn site first? FaceHub or Pornbook.

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2. blitzar ◴[05 Sep 25 07:47 UTC] No.45136023[source]▶
It's called X.
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3. nomilk ◴[05 Sep 25 08:05 UTC] No.45136152[source]▶
X is one of the prohibited sites for under 16's in Australia (falls under 'social media'), but someone should seriously tell Elon about this, because it may work and would be hilarious.
4. Freak_NL ◴[05 Sep 25 08:12 UTC] No.45136190[source]▶
FetLife? It exists, and is subject to the same laws and regulations. Any legal site will have to comply to a load of regulations, supplemented by the inscrutable rules laid down by Visa and Mastercard.
5. 01HNNWZ0MV43FF ◴[05 Sep 25 19:19 UTC] No.45142522[source]▶
How am I going to find cisgender porn on there though
6. shakna ◴[06 Sep 25 03:57 UTC] No.45146475[source]▶
Not a loop hole. The Minister may declare anything to be a social media site. The law does not restrict what may be considered.