Children under 14 would be banned from social media, while teens aged 14–15 would need parental consent. But this law will be challenging to implement.
Within 18 months, a cop will have used this to put the frighteners on his ex-wife’s new man or something similar. Within 3 years, all pretence will have been abandoned and everyone from the ATO to local councils will have access to the real-world IDs of people’s online accounts.
This is like word-for-word how every single digital police tool has gone so far in this country.
Before a thing comes in there’s a huge uproar about the damages it could cause, it comes in causes damages, public goes ‘oh well’ and we keep the thing.
At no point do we ever look back and say 'Hmm no let’s undo that thing we only implemented a few months ago, it’s clearly harmful to the public. We’re in a losing war, where soon even worse will be normalised.
This is like word-for-word how every single digital police tool has gone so far in this country.
Before a thing comes in there’s a huge uproar about the damages it could cause, it comes in causes damages, public goes ‘oh well’ and we keep the thing.
At no point do we ever look back and say 'Hmm no let’s undo that thing we only implemented a few months ago, it’s clearly harmful to the public. We’re in a losing war, where soon even worse will be normalised.