Flawed Decision Making
None of this passes the sniff test…
Thursday’s inquiry into the new laws ran for just three hours, with Australians given only a day to lodge submissions.
The government has said it will rely on some form of age-verification technology to implement the restrictions but the details are vague and the technology has not been finalised.
The onus will be on social media companies to add age-verification tools themselves.
The ban involves the highest age limit set by any country, and does not include exemptions for those with parental consent.
There will be no penalties for parents or children who ignore the rules.
I don’t understand why we are rushing this through? What is being hidden in the legislation? How will the age verification work? How can you determine that I am over the age of 16? Does this become a way to have a national ID system?
Lots of questions, absolutely no answers!