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Topic Originator: OzPar
Date: Thu 28 Nov 23:28
Australia on Thursday approved a social media ban for children under 16 after a fiery debate that has gripped the nation, setting a benchmark for jurisdictions around the world with one of the strictest regulations targeting Big Tech.
The law requires tech giants, from Instagram and Facebook owner Meta to TikTok, to prevent minors from logging in or face fines of up to A$49.5 million. A trial of methods to enforce the ban will start in January, and the ban will take effect a year later.
The Social Media Minimum Age Bill sets Australia up as a test case for a growing number of governments that have legislated or said they plan to legislate an age restriction on social media amid concern about its mental health impact on young people.
Some countries, including France, have passed laws restricting minors` access without a parent`s permission, but the Australian ban is absolute. A full under-14s ban in Florida is being challenged in court on free speech grounds.
Getting the law passed after a marathon last day of Australia`s parliamentary year marks a political win for centre-left Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who goes to an election in 2025 amid sagging opinion polls. The ban faced opposition from privacy advocates and some child rights groups, but 77% of the population wanted it, according to the latest polls.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 29 Nov 08:17
In other news, there has been a sudden rise in people claiming to have been born in 2008.
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Fri 29 Nov 11:52
I wish they would ban Master Chef Australia. They eat anything that swims and kangaroo goolies are a delicacy
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Fri 29 Nov 12:13
Need to regulate it like gambling companies have to -
1 account per person, verified with ID
Minimum age for sites but some access to certain pages/apps for teens - Facebook Messenger is a big comms tool these days
Group owners responsible for their page and any libellous comments
Account shut down for any forms of abuse
How this isn’t already a thing is incredible given the things you can see online now - X is just full of p*rn, assaults, racism and murders…..
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Fri 29 Nov 19:31
Quote:
Dave_1885, Fri 29 Nov 12:13
Need to regulate it like gambling companies have to -
1 account per person, verified with ID
Minimum age for sites but some access to certain pages/apps for teens - Facebook Messenger is a big comms tool these days
Group owners responsible for their page and any libellous comments
Account shut down for any forms of abuse
How this isn’t already a thing is incredible given the things you can see online now - X is just full of p*rn, assaults, racism and murders…..
Honestly why would you ask for more government intervention in your life?
COYP
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Topic Originator: Neil_Philp
Date: Fri 29 Nov 20:46
Not sure about this at all
COYP
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Fri 29 Nov 21:40
Quote:
NMCmassive, Fri 29 Nov 19:31
Quote:
Dave_1885, Fri 29 Nov 12:13
Need to regulate it like gambling companies have to -
1 account per person, verified with ID
Minimum age for sites but some access to certain pages/apps for teens - Facebook Messenger is a big comms tool these days
Group owners responsible for their page and any libellous comments
Account shut down for any forms of abuse
How this isn’t already a thing is incredible given the things you can see online now - X is just full of p*rn, assaults, racism and murders…..
Honestly why would you ask for more government intervention in your life?
Have you been on X recently? 🤔 Im sure 14 year olds don’t need to see some of the stuff on there…..
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Topic Originator: Tad Allagash
Date: Fri 29 Nov 22:20
Sounds like you’re following some dodgy accounts on X Dave.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 29 Nov 22:53
X is filled with filth now. Zero filter at all. I used to use it for work stuff to check what the media were saying. It`s too risky to use on a work machine anymore as you see something innocent like "Edinburgh" trending and half the tweets are porn. Can you imagine what Musk could do if given a say in politics by Trump?!
Kids will always find ways around these bans. Usually it`ll be parents who are fed up being nagged to approve things and remember a million passcodes.
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Topic Originator: Tad Allagash
Date: Fri 29 Nov 23:09
No filter? How about just following accounts that aren’t porn?
My X feed is still mostly cat videos.
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Topic Originator: DBA
Date: Sat 30 Nov 00:35
Quote:
Tad Allagash, Fri 29 Nov 23:09
No filter? How about just following accounts that aren’t porn?
My X feed is still mostly cat videos.
Tell me in more detail that you don`t understand the point. The more detail the better!
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Sat 30 Nov 18:53
Quote:
DBA, Sat 30 Nov 00:35
Quote:
Tad Allagash, Fri 29 Nov 23:09
No filter? How about just following accounts that aren’t porn?
My X feed is still mostly cat videos.
Tell me in more detail that you don`t understand the point. The more detail the better!
Honestly, folk keep telling me X is full of P0$N, racism and everything else but I just don’t see it. I know it’s there it’s on every social media platform if you want to find it which leads me to my question, is it your algorithm showing you what you look at?
COYP
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Topic Originator: Wotsit
Date: Sun 1 Dec 09:53
Last month, when they clicked on a trending topic labelled "Edinburgh," folk got a video of a man`s severed head being kicked along the Cowgate.
Everyone who was curious and clicked that trending topic got the same trauma-inducing video no matter how many cat videos they had in their feed.
The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy.
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Sun 1 Dec 10:34
Quote:
Wotsit, Sun 1 Dec 09:53
Last month, when they clicked on a trending topic labelled "Edinburgh," folk got a video of a man`s severed head being kicked along the Cowgate.
Everyone who was curious and clicked that trending topic got the same trauma-inducing video no matter how many cat videos they had in their feed.
I agree, I awoke on that Sunday morning to see my sister had sent me a message the night before about the cowgate being locked down. I didn`t have a clue what she was on about, so typed in "Cowgate" to Twitter and was confronted by a video of a body less head being teabagged.
Not what you need to see on a Sunday morning, or any time for that matter.
Twitter does seem to have gone downhill lately since that billionaire madman took it over.
I do quite welcome all the XXX filth and random acts of violence videos that pop up, although I know now not to open Twitter, or Instagram for that matter, when I`m in public
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Sun 1 Dec 13:15
Quote:
Wotsit, Sun 1 Dec 09:53
Last month, when they clicked on a trending topic labelled "Edinburgh," folk got a video of a man`s severed head being kicked along the Cowgate.
Everyone who was curious and clicked that trending topic got the same trauma-inducing video no matter how many cat videos they had in their feed.
It was all over Snapchat and FB as well tbf
COYP
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Sun 1 Dec 13:15
Quote:
red-star-par, Sun 1 Dec 10:34
Quote:
Wotsit, Sun 1 Dec 09:53
Last month, when they clicked on a trending topic labelled "Edinburgh," folk got a video of a man`s severed head being kicked along the Cowgate.
Everyone who was curious and clicked that trending topic got the same trauma-inducing video no matter how many cat videos they had in their feed.
I agree, I awoke on that Sunday morning to see my sister had sent me a message the night before about the cowgate being locked down. I didn`t have a clue what she was on about, so typed in "Cowgate" to Twitter and was confronted by a video of a body less head being teabagged.
Not what you need to see on a Sunday morning, or any time for that matter.
Twitter does seem to have gone downhill lately since that billionaire madman took it over.
I do quite welcome all the XXX filth and random acts of violence videos that pop up, although I know now not to open Twitter, or Instagram for that matter, when I`m in public
You’ve just proven my point
COYP
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Topic Originator: Johan_Cruyff
Date: Wed 4 Dec 18:52
Topic Originator: Tad Allagash like
Date: Fri 29 Nov 23:09
No filter? How about just following accounts that aren’t porn?
My X feed is still mostly cat videos.
Sounds like its still full of pu$$y
Post Edited (Wed 04 Dec 20:11)
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Topic Originator: parathletic
Date: Thu 5 Dec 08:53
I saw that St Pauli FC became the first major football club to leave X the other week calling it a `hate machine`.
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Mon 16 Dec 21:14
Quote:
parathletic, Thu 5 Dec 08:53
I saw that St Pauli FC became the first major football club to leave X the other week calling it a `hate machine`.
Left a hate machine and joined an open forum for nonces.
I actually opened a blue sky account just to see what all the fuss was about. One of the first posts on my feed was someone advocating for leniency towards MAP’s… (Minor attracted people if you’re unsure what MAP stands for. Basically an acronym that the woke mob/LGBTQIA2Splus brigade are pushing)
LGBTQIA2Splus isn’t something I’ve made up either. That’s what they want to be known as now. They’ll use the plus sign ➕ rather than the word but the plus sign won’t show when I write it in a post
COYP
Post Edited (Mon 16 Dec 21:17)
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Mon 16 Dec 21:29
I saw posts like that on X but not on Bluesky. The block system is very good.
I quite like the layout and your own chosen topics to follow. There’s a few Pars fans on it too - lovely wee souls 😂
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Tue 17 Dec 14:23
Quote:
NMCmassive, Mon 16 Dec 21:14
Quote:
parathletic, Thu 5 Dec 08:53
I saw that St Pauli FC became the first major football club to leave X the other week calling it a `hate machine`.
Left a hate machine and joined an open forum for nonces.
I actually opened a blue sky account just to see what all the fuss was about. One of the first posts on my feed was someone advocating for leniency towards MAP’s… (Minor attracted people if you’re unsure what MAP stands for. Basically an acronym that the woke mob/LGBTQIA2Splus brigade are pushing)
LGBTQIA2Splus isn’t something I’ve made up either. That’s what they want to be known as now. They’ll use the plus sign ➕ rather than the word but the plus sign won’t show when I write it in a post
As someone who knows many LGBTQ etc people, I very much doubt they do. In fact, most I know don`t consider themselves part of the community as it now represents so many groups that they don`t feel they have much in common with. That said, these groups exist for a reason - abuse. If everyone could stop being obsessed by how people dress or who they share their bed with we wouldn`t need these groups. Same applies to skin colour, race, religion etc. We`re all human at the end of the day. Maybe focus on the ones who are bad humans.
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Sun 22 Dec 00:57
Quote:
jake89, Tue 17 Dec 14:23
Quote:
NMCmassive, Mon 16 Dec 21:14
Quote:
parathletic, Thu 5 Dec 08:53
I saw that St Pauli FC became the first major football club to leave X the other week calling it a `hate machine`.
Left a hate machine and joined an open forum for nonces.
I actually opened a blue sky account just to see what all the fuss was about. One of the first posts on my feed was someone advocating for leniency towards MAP’s… (Minor attracted people if you’re unsure what MAP stands for. Basically an acronym that the woke mob/LGBTQIA2Splus brigade are pushing)
LGBTQIA2Splus isn’t something I’ve made up either. That’s what they want to be known as now. They’ll use the plus sign ➕ rather than the word but the plus sign won’t show when I write it in a post
As someone who knows many LGBTQ etc people, I very much doubt they do. In fact, most I know don`t consider themselves part of the community as it now represents so many groups that they don`t feel they have much in common with. That said, these groups exist for a reason - abuse. If everyone could stop being obsessed by how people dress or who they share their bed with we wouldn`t need these groups. Same applies to skin colour, race, religion etc. We`re all human at the end of the day. Maybe focus on the ones who are bad humans.
We all know gay folk. I don’t know any that want to be associated with the alphabetti spaghetti movement that is the LGBTQIAS2➕
Is there homophobia? Absolutely. As there is with everything but it’s also true homophobia is at an all time low. Homosexuality doesn’t curb any of your legal rights as a person anywhere in the western world. Quite enlightening that there are gay activists trying to distance themselves from the TQIAS2➕
If you find the time, it’s worth takibg 10mins to look at the characters behind the Green/SNP policies for self ID. Plenty of “hate speech” openly spewed onto the internet. Usually directed towards women for some reason 🤷🏻♂️
COYP
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Sun 22 Dec 01:02
I would also add that TQIAS2➕ imo is making life more difficult for people who genuinely are trans and really struggle with gender dysphoria.
COYP
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Sun 22 Dec 09:09
I think we`re saying the same thing here, NMC. The people I know understand the need for raising awareness but the issues of trans people are not the same as gay or lesbians.
Similar with BAME. The A is particularly troubling - what KIND of Asian?
Both BAME and LGBT are lazy groupings imo.
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