X Money is coming - Because of course people are gonna put money into a trillionaire that sh*ts a bunch out each time his rocket explodes.
https://www.ft.com/content/3615dfe2-f739-44f7-9823-a8acce6c0380
As the Australian Government prepares to include YouTube in its under-16s social media ban, child expert and counsellor Jacintha Field has urged policymakers to tread carefully, warning that blanket restrictions risk severing trust, stifling open conversations, and isolating vulnerable young users.
B&T sat down with Field to unpack the real-world implications of the ban, the emotional needs driving children’s online behaviour, and why connection, not control, should be at the heart of Australia’s digital safety strategy.
The ban wont work. The idea has merit, but will not work from in a practical sense.
The intrtnet sees censorship as little more tha a road block and will find a way around it. Kids will find a way around it.
The moment they realise this, adult’s will have to verify themselves, and there will be pusb back.
Parents just need to get electronic devices out of kids hands, and, you know, be parents for once. Learn to say NO.
Twitter’s CEO is out.
AI-generated virtual influencers like Mia Zelu are a huge problem
Meet Mia Zelu, the AI influencer who posted these images under the caption “still not over the event … but the party’s a whole other game”.
In case you missed it – and it was hard with all those little details that created a degree of verisimilitude – Zelu is fake.
Signal boss warns app will exit Australia if forced to hand over users’ encrypted messages
Signal president Meredith Whittaker is prepared to withdraw the privacy-focused messaging app from Australia — saying she hopes it doesn’t become a “gangrenous foot” by poisoning its entire platform by forcing it to hand over its users’ encrypted data to authorities.
Ms Whittaker says Signal would take the “drastic step” of leaving any market where a government compelled it to create a “backdoor” to access its data, saying it would create a vulnerability that hackers and authoritative regimes could exploit, undermining Signals’ “reason for existing”.
Pressure has been mounting on Signal and other secure messaging platforms. ASIO director general Mike Burgess has urged tech companies to unlock encrypted messages to assist terrorism and national security investigations, saying offshore extremists use such platforms to communicate.
In a wide-ranging interview with this masthead, Ms Whittaker warned of the encroachment of governments on the privacy of citizens, as well as big tech stockpiling personal data and their “reckless” use of artificial intelligence on mobile phones and laptops.
No great loss if they exit.
Well, as expected the UK Online Safety regime has been a boon for VPNs:
Now the Fed Govt here are talking about banning VPNs…
This won’t be solved in day one, like tobacco it will be a continuous slog but it has to happen eventually.
I’m pretty sure you were describing the proposal that the UK has. Besides, if the UK wants to protect people from harm, why don’t they shut down those betting shops that they have on every street corner.
I get why they are bringing all this eSafety stuff in - especially in relation to Age limits.
But in all honesty it comes across as a surveillance and control mechanism towards those who dissent from the Govt. Case-in-point, the UK Govt: Elite police unit to monitor social media for anti-migrant posts
And here in Australia VCAT and AHPRA are punishing medical professionals for their social media posts, even if it’s satire: https://www.hrla.org.au/online_satire_can_now_cost_you_your_medical_career
Why are “medical professionals” posting in the first place unless as anonymous users? Any employer has the right to protect their brand and image.
Except for war plans…