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.
I agree that’s a negative consequence of the bill but I think it’s unintended. I don’t think it has even figured into the planning.
It’s surveillance stuff, plus when you’re the ostensibly centre-left but actually still reactionary neoliberal party you can’t do anything meaningful so you just ban something.
I agree that’s a negative consequence of the bill but I think it’s unintended. I don’t think it has even figured into the planning.
It’s surveillance stuff, plus when you’re the ostensibly centre-left but actually still reactionary neoliberal party you can’t do anything meaningful so you just ban something.
Being a bit generous there aren’t you? This is “fuck it, she’ll be right” Australia we are talking about.