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Australia's Insane Social Media Ban

2024-11-30 Science & Technology
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Go to https://brilliant.org/coldfusion for 30-day free trial + 20% off! In this episode we check out the details on a world first: Banning children under 16 from using social media. On the surface it sounds fine but as you dig deeper, things get murky. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dCTHXsup8Xb6ZqOiBQKFY-uQ9Go413Bog-IciZb6OZY/edit?usp=sharing ColdFusion Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@ThroughTheWeb ColdFusion Music: https://www.youtube.com/@ColdFusionmusic http://burnwater.bandcamp.com Get my book: http://bit.ly/NewThinkingbook ColdFusion Socials: https://discord.gg/coldfusion https://facebook.com/ColdFusionTV https://twitter.com/ColdFusion_TV https://instagram.com/coldfusiontv Created by: Dagogo Altraide Producers: Tawsif Akkas, Dagogo Altraide Writers: Dagogo Altraide Editors: Tanzim Uddin Animator: Mathijs Luijten

Top Comments (10)

@ritmo2k 2024-11-30

The government has assured everyone they won't misuse it, and since they have never lied or abused their power, I am satisfied.

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@VincentPaulS 2024-11-30

Force everyone to show ID to login to social media, make it illegal to criticize the people in power, hrmmm, I think I’ve seen this one before…

3.8k 104 replies
@Mike_Freeman1972 2024-11-30

Political speak "Let me be clear" always means "I'm going to deflect away from your point and answer a question you didn't ask".

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@DigitalDemonicDavros 2024-11-30

This is a rabbit hole that the Australian government doesn't really understand how messy this will become.

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@RinoaL 2024-12-01

It'll probably keep the older people off social media more than it keeps the kids off.

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@prezfa 2024-11-30

Kids aren't stupid, they'll always find another place to convene. The internet is one massive ocean with tons of little islands to set sail for.

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@meatsaucez1516 2024-12-01

Remember Australians made it illegal for companies to to not install backdoors in their encryption when requested. They also made it a criminal offence for any company to inform the public that they have been requested to install backdoors.

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@Shawnmyrelle 2024-12-03

Anytime someone says “its about the children” its 1000 percent not about the children. While I am all for 16 years olds being kicked off the internet, I am concerned about how this blatant attack on privacy will affect the coming age.

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@Omar1996E.C 2024-11-30

At this point, we shouldn't get surprised if the Australian government banned The Juice Media's Honest Government Ad

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@JodyBruchon 2024-12-05

In other words, anyone who doesn't submit to this will be blocked from speaking to anyone online, thereby losing the ability to oppose it.

118 9 replies

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