The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines of up to $33 million for failures to prevent kids from holding accounts.
I don’t see Hexbear on the list. Time to radicalize some Aussie kids.
Honestly it’s really hard to work out whether this is an ‘elites experimenting with new policies in a backwoods client state’ thing, or the Aus govt are just idiots who can’t imagine addressing social problems in a more complex way than ‘fuck it just make it illegal’
Honestly it’s really hard to work out whether this is an ‘elites experimenting with new policies in a backwoods client state’ thing, or the Aus govt are just idiots who can’t imagine addressing social problems in a more complex way than ‘fuck it just make it illegal’
Considering our government’s attitude towards the internet is that it is a “fad” that will soon blow over, it’s probably more of the latter.
Why not both?