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You are sadly mistaken. VPNs will be blocked.
"Social media platforms that comply with Australia’s new social media ban for under-16 users must also attempt to stop such users from using virtual private networks (VPNs) to appear as though they are outside the country, according to guidance issued by Australia’s eSafety Commissioner."
Some believe that this is a backdoor to banning VPNs for private use altogether.
No they won't be.
Firstly it is technically impossible. Even China cannot do it.
Secondly, businesses need them for WFH.
Thirdly, the government is not implementing a block themselves. They are trying to pass on the unreasonable onus onto website owners.
Streaming companies routinely block VPNs, as does Reddit. There are security companies which aggregate and maintain lists of VPN IPs, which they sell to such companies. It is possible that use of such services could be made a baseline of “reasonable measures”.
It is a game of cat and mouse which China has not solved. Look at all of these examples....
https://old.reddit.com/r/travelchina/comments/1mbck4l/what_vpn_works_well_in_china/
If the website owners do it, then ????
I already know a heap of VPN servers I can't access youtube or reddit from.
I bet you most of them won't
IP addresses change. Your VPN server will change them (if it is any good).
Nephew, I really hope all your accounts aren't banned by social media
They are not banning the Fediverse because there is no central body to fine.
Technically impossible? Not at all. VPN companies have exit nodes with IP addresses. Those IP addresses are regularly banned by services like Netflix already.
Oh you can fuck right off with that.
Me? 😢
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