France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/31/france-plans-social-media-ban-for-under-15s-from-september-2026

#HackerNews #France #SocialMediaBan #AustraliaStyle #Children #Safety #2026

Gather round, folks, it's time for a rant about the Australian teen social media ban... This is a long one, so I've dropped my thoughts on a public Notion note here: https://rlok.notion.site/Australia-s-Teen-Social-Media-Ban-is-a-Disaster-2c759d1e5585801a99b3efbdc265ef6e

#AusPol #SocialMediaBan

TL;DR: We need reform, but this isn't it.

Oh yes, and then there is this! 😄

"Leading facial #AgeEstimation tools were easily fooled by a $22 "old man" mask, a Guy Fawkes mask, and other cheap party costumes, researchers have found."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-02/social-media-ban-vpns-masks-age-checks-disguises/105836134

#AgeVerification #DigitalRights #privacy #Australia #SocialMediaBan

As of today: No social media for Australians under 16.

Also as of today: Every Australian under 16 installs a dodgy gratis #VPN that spies on them and sells their digital lives to #adtech sharks.

#SocialMediaBan #DigitalRights #AgeVerification #MinorsProtection

Dance teacher locked out from Meta business accounts in under-16s social media ban

A 30-year-old mother of three has been blocked from using her social media accounts in the wake of…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #16 #age #AnthonyAlbanese #AU #Australia #ban #bullying #child #Children #Cyber #e-safety #Facebook #Instagram #Internet #meta #Online #phone #Reddit #sixteen #SocialMedia #socialmediaban #verification #YouTube
https://www.newsbeep.com/304642/

Gather round, folks, it's time for a rant about the Australian teen social media ban... This is a long one, so I've dropped my thoughts on a public Notion note here: https://rlok.notion.site/Australia-s-Teen-Social-Media-Ban-is-a-Disaster-2c759d1e5585801a99b3efbdc265ef6e

#AusPol #SocialMediaBan

TL;DR: We need reform, but this isn't it.

Dance teacher locked out from Meta business accounts in under-16s social media ban

A 30-year-old mother of three has been blocked from using her social media accounts in the wake of…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #16 #age #AnthonyAlbanese #AU #Australia #ban #bullying #child #Children #Cyber #e-safety #Facebook #Instagram #Internet #meta #Online #phone #Reddit #sixteen #SocialMedia #socialmediaban #verification #YouTube
https://www.newsbeep.com/304642/

Oh yes, and then there is this! 😄

"Leading facial #AgeEstimation tools were easily fooled by a $22 "old man" mask, a Guy Fawkes mask, and other cheap party costumes, researchers have found."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-02/social-media-ban-vpns-masks-age-checks-disguises/105836134

#AgeVerification #DigitalRights #privacy #Australia #SocialMediaBan

As of today: No social media for Australians under 16.

Also as of today: Every Australian under 16 installs a dodgy gratis #VPN that spies on them and sells their digital lives to #adtech sharks.

#SocialMediaBan #DigitalRights #AgeVerification #MinorsProtection

Thoughts. Every adult I have heard being interviewed by MSM, including the government, sound patronising. I continually try to put myself in shoes from 20 years ago, and it pisses me off.

It also makes it sound like we (adult Australians) do know how to parent. Lots of adults talking about kids riding a bike and shit. Do we seriously not know how to have a conversation with our kids about having a healthy balance? Maybe ride with your kids?

#auspol #socialmediaban

How to make your own private, enshittification-proof social media feed with RSS
https://ivanadaskalovic.com/make-your-own-enshittification-proof-social-media-feed/

"Using RSS to follow the stuff that matters to you will have an immediate, profoundly beneficial impact on your own digital life – and it will appreciably, irreversibly nudge the whole internet towards a better state," says Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic)

#enshittification #RSS #socialmediaban

How to make your own private, enshittification-proof social media feed with RSS
https://ivanadaskalovic.com/make-your-own-enshittification-proof-social-media-feed/

"Using RSS to follow the stuff that matters to you will have an immediate, profoundly beneficial impact on your own digital life – and it will appreciably, irreversibly nudge the whole internet towards a better state," says Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic)

#enshittification #RSS #socialmediaban

I spoke to @guardian about the unworkability of Australia’s #SocialMediaBan for children and young people:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/23/labor-has-brushed-aside-concerns-over-the-social-media-ban-but-what-if-it-doesnt-work-as-promised

I spoke to @guardian about the unworkability of Australia’s #SocialMediaBan for children and young people:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/23/labor-has-brushed-aside-concerns-over-the-social-media-ban-but-what-if-it-doesnt-work-as-promised

So at almost the last moment, Twitch has been added to the list of age-restricted social media platforms for Australia's #SocialMediaBan for under16s, which is officially active in less than three weeks.

I believe the expression is: 'building the plane while it's flying'.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/esafetyoffice_weve-informed-twitch-that-we-consider-it-activity-7397414128505638912-ODyD?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAACxzTsBAt8aX1sNQmUW6ieyr0TCop_ttSM