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Posted on 12/16/2025 9:13:01 AM PST by MacNaughton
Lawmakers in several Western countries are now considering online age verification digital ID systems similar to those that recently came into force in Australia.
The Australian model, which blocks children under sixteen from joining social media platforms and so forces all adults to submit ID to access platforms, has quickly become a reference point for politicians abroad who describe it as a child safety measure, while others warn it could normalize digital identity tracking.
In the United States, Senator Katie Britt of Alabama said she hopes “Australia taking this step…leads the US to actually doing something.”
Britt, a mother of two, is one of the sponsors of the bipartisan Kids Off Social Media Act, which would prevent children under thirteen from using social platforms. ...
Mandatory age verification carries significant privacy risks. Systems designed to verify age often rely on sensitive data such as government-issued identification, biometric scans, or facial images.
Once introduced, such data infrastructure can be extended for other purposes, allowing broader forms of monitoring, record-keeping, and speech suppression.
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The headline works if you just have the first 3 words.
How about social media scoring? They’ll need to look here to see any for me.
The leftists who run Australia exempted Bluesky because of course they did.
Lol, gave me a chuckle.
The rest of the Katie Britt keyword, sorted:
I remember Britt when she gave the Republican answer to a Biden state of the union address.
She was so awful it boggled the mind.
I would not trust her as far as I could throw her.
Protecting children is why God invented Parents. It’s not Government’s responsibility.
Like requiring children over 8 spend at least twice time reading classic books (Bible esp.) and playing outside as they do on their phones.
But I have intense reservations about social media IDs.
I see I could add to a previous essay: I envision AI teachers, who never forget a child's name, nor anything he/she said, and how the subject said it. Etc. Which, with the gov. being responsible for the psychological health of "your" children, could lead to a visit from Family "services" with their AI assistant, a visit Ms. Deville to Mr. and Mrs. Christiano, which visit the human explains is,
"due to your eldest child, Nathan, having expressed homophobia, including refusing to use preferred pronouns.Note to churches: ignore all such and just sing louder to the rock music.This problem extends beyond school, for we are aware, as usual, of your children's online use, in which there has been a pattern of content which has been determined to express unlawful intolerance of one or more protected classes. You say you want examples? Aizel, what do you have? OK, during lunch time on Dec. 14 Nathan stated that the Jesus of the Bible is the only way to Heaven. Another day - that would be last Thursday at 10AM, at recess - he stated that God only joined biological males and females in marriage. Please do not attempt to defend him.
"Since this is your second warning, one more and your children (and you have two, correct? And just became pregnant?) will be temporarily removed for their sake until you both attend the parenting classes as the local University. Lack of compliance will result in a permanent placement of the children in an acceptable home, for the children's sake, and the common good. Some of the cost of which will come out of your income.
I also see your home itself is not 'Climate Friendly' yet, nor your transportation, which may result in a visit from Inspectional Services."
I am also aware that you, Mrs. Christiano, work at a so-called Pro-life "pregnancy counseling center" which itself is a problem which we will deal with later, separately. However, related to that work, records show your household expenses are such that y'all can hardly afford to provide for the children you have (please stop asking about privacy: as an offender you lost any rights to that), therefore to avoid further problems you should consider terminating your current pregnancy soon. As per world order #60066, your husband's consent is not necessary nor can prevent you from unavailing yourself of this service.
Your medical records indicate that you are in otherwise good health, and so to avoid further problems as to your family and the world environment , I am also authorized to provide any one of 18 Emergency Contraceptive Pills for you to avail yourself of - while it is yet voluntary. Meanwhile, as for you Mr. Christiano, your employer has been notified of your problems with the NWO and will meet with you the first thing tomorrow morning. Note that violations of the sort that you are culpable for excludes you from any financial support beyond 25% of your past salary, and which terminates in six months.
Finally, may I remind you both that the upcoming census will require your family to acquire a unique registration code to prevent theft, etc., and which is needful for all purchases, and signifies your intention of compliance, er, allegiance, to all further requirements.
If you need to contact me, here is my card, Ms. Deville, 666-666-6666 (easy to remember)."
As if we needed another reason to avoid “social media.”
“ROCK MUSIC”——
Heard it called ‘7-11’ tunes.
Seven words repeated Eleven times!
Rinse-Wash-Repeat.
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Harsh perhaps , I like the old Songs.
Just watch who goes to the Philippines for Two Weeks.
Yep, social credit scores and AI collating every keystroke...going to be bad once it’s normalized.
No such law exists in Australia. I'm not sure what this article is referring to.
It's true that new laws in Australia are restricting access to social media for under-16-year-olds but that same law is explicit in not requiring any Australian to use identification documents (including Digital ID) to prove their age online.
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