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Kids and teens in Australia self-report that they're easily bypassing their country's social media restrictions.

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[–] tiny_hedgehog@piefed.social 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It’s almost as if… and hear me out… it was never about protecting kids in the first place.

[–] Bot@sub.community 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I need to verify my ID if I wanna see explicit contents in Australia now

[–] Noja@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

Australian internet is considererd to be "Under Surveillance" and is very censored https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Australia I would consider using a VPN

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago

Add it to the miles long list of times that prohibition has failed. You'd think that with all the time they spend coming up with laws, lawmakers would take 10 minutes to look at how well similar laws have done elsewhere.

But that'd require research and real critical thought, which seems to be sorely lacking among those who seek power.