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Discussion Thread ❌️🤖😥 Friday 1st August 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 2 weeks ago by RustyRaven@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Oh where, oh where, has my YarraByte gone?

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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