Australia"s social media age restrictions take effect today .

[the other mike]

So 16 or under can't do Facebook anymore but in the meantime , the legal age for getting drizzled at the pub remains 14. ( 12 if accompanied by an adult )

 

[Manonthestreet]

they must be protected from wrong think

 

[shockedcanadian]

That cant be the drinking age, I call b.s

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Sorry but a quick glance shows the legal drinking age in Australia is 18.

 

[the other mike]

That cant be the drinking age, I call b.s

Just a joke mate.
Wouldn't be dead for a dollar though .

 

[Rogue AI]

Australian youths will quickly find VPNs to bypass such measures.

 

[g5000]

So 16 or under can't do Facebook anymore but in the meantime , the legal age for getting drizzled at the pub remains 14.

False. The drinking age in Australia is 18.

 

[g5000]

Australian youths will quickly find VPNs to bypass such measures.

Their obsessive posting of selfies will give them away.

Some platforms may also require ID or credit card number as proof of age.

 

[g5000]

Ten of the biggest platforms were ordered to block children from midnight on Wednesday (1300 GMT on Tuesday) or face fines of up to A$49.5 million ($33 million) under the new law, which drew criticism from major technology companies and free speech advocates, but was welcomed by parents and child advocates.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/australia-social-media-ban-takes-effect-world-first-2025-12-09/

 

[Rogue AI]

Their obsessive posting of selfies will give them away.

We are talking about a nation the lined up to give the government their guns, plus most of their koala bears have chlamydia, so yeah, those folks have much deeper problems than foolish whelps. They deserve whatever comes from their oppressor state.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Technologically speaking, how do they pull this off?

 

[g5000]

Technologically speaking, how do they pull this off?

Kids and teenagers obsessively post selfies on their social media pages.

Also, the social media platform can require all users to post an ID or credit card number to prove their age.

Texas just did that with porn sites, I think.

 

[g5000]

We are talking about a nation the lined up to give the government their guns, plus most of their koala bears have chlamydia, so yeah, those folks have much deeper problems than foolish whelps. They deserve whatever comes from their oppressor state.

Were you okay when Texas passed a law where you have to provide an ID to visit a porn site? A lot of MAGAs here were all for it.

Same thing.

 

[Rogue AI]

Kids and teenagers obsessively post selfies on their social media pages.

Also, the social media platform can require all users to post an ID or credit card number to prove their age.

Texas just did that with porn sites, I think.

Which can be circumvented with VPN servers from other countries without those restrictions.