Holy crap, an actually almost-sane decision?
this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2023
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The bureaucrats normally do.
It takes a politician to say something like “The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia,”
Wow, it's so sad that I can believe that someone actually said that
Good, parents can do their fucken job and monitor their kids. Stop offloading all the burden for your poor parenting onto the general public
You act as if parents have time to be parents these days.. (queue the typical "well you shouldn't be having kids! the human race should just die out!")
As any sane legislator will do. Having to show your face or ID to watch porn is some Orwellian level government control. It's the parents job to regulate their children's internet activity.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The federal government will not force adult websites to bring in age verification following concerns about privacy and the lack of maturity of the technology.
On Wednesday, the communications minister, Michelle Rowland, released the eSafety commissioner’s long-awaited roadmap for age verification for online pornographic material, which has been sitting with the government since March 2023.
The federal government has decided against forcing sites to bring in age verification technology, instead tasking the eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, to work with the industry to develop a new code to educate parents on how to access filtering software and limit children’s access to such material or sites that are not appropriate.
The roadmap said there was also a gap in sex education, particularly for LGBTQ+ people, with online pornography filling the place in many cases.
“The government supports this approach, and will work with the regulator to ensure the full and successful implementation of the Online Safety Act,” she said.
“While the government awaits the outcome of this process, the digital industry is on notice that we will not hesitate to take further action should it fail to keep children safe.”
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Come on, we all know the real reason this is not being forced through. The politicians don't want to provide their ID to all the porn sites they visit.
good, a fair and sensible decision, now lets just sit and wait for the conservative media to spin this in their usual ridiculous ways