"This is why we will continue to urge policymakers and regulators to protect people’s rights and freedoms online at all moments, and not just take the easy route for a quick boost in the polls."
Good luck with that. Have they ever seen a politician?
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All the online safety act has done has made it more difficult for adults like me to access LEGAL material.
I got asked for age verification on Steam ffs. A platform I've had an account on since 2003. My account is literally older than a significant proportion of the internet using population.
Didn't wash with the support people. Dicks.
I've just stopped using any service that asks or using tor to mask my location.
A platform I’ve had an account on since 2003.
lol you've literally had an account there for more than the age of majority and they cannot guess you might be older than that
All these politicians pushing the age verification do realize that the information being collected can help decloak their dirty business?