How will Australia's under-16 social media ban work?
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The world-first law aims to reduce the risks children face online, but critics fear it may not work.
  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    This ID is already provided with a credit card number TBH and any other info needed to setup a ISP or cellphone plan, but there are ways around that.

    One is purchasing a month to month phone plan with cash for example. Or finding open wifi networks and routing all traffic through a personal VPN or a commercial VPN.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      4 hours ago

      One is purchasing a month to month phone plan with cash for example

      They could require you to show an ID to purchase a phone.

      Or finding open wifi networks

      Open wifi networks certainly wouldn’t provide an ID to connect, which would mean they couldn’t be used to access social media.

      This is not an unsolvable problem. The question is if Australia is willing to piss everyone off to actually do it.