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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ffs

this short sighted reg/law will have the opposite effect intended, it will drive kids to unsafe places and i don't blame the kids, no one wants to be surveilled 24/7 , everyone needs privacy , privacy is a part of healthy boundary

this is just more of that helicopter parenting, the kind that says that kids shouldn't play outside on their own

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It sucks. I agree kids are accessing things they shouldn’t and there’s definitely a problem but this is not the way to handle it.

They absolutely will end up on 4chan or something

But a lot of platforms and organisations love an excuse to have more control over the internet and access more of our data. As well as the government making themselves look good with a grand gesture that does very little