{"id":152572,"date":"2024-11-28T10:59:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T00:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=152572"},"modified":"2025-03-04T19:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T09:04:51","slug":"new-u16-social-media-laws-will-allow-government-to-spy-on-you-and-your-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=152572","title":{"rendered":"New U16 Social Media Laws will allow government to spy on you and your location"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The eSafety Commission, who the Parliament is empowering to make the laws for Social Media Age Verification are confirming here they will use the powers of these new laws for global surveillance to hunt down Australians using VPNs and force them to comply with age verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Australian Government is proposing laws to introduce a minimum age for access to social media. The proposed laws will require technology companies to restrict individuals under the age of 16 years from accessing their social media platforms.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

So if you thought VPNs keep you free – these new laws will result in you being hunted down, by the monitoring everything you post to see if you are an Australian. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Liberal Party voted for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Breaking: U16\u2019s Social Media Ban laws will require the location tracking and meta snooping of ALL AUSTRALIAN USERS to ensure no one\u2019s using a VPN to bypass the new social media prohibition

Our government is making illegal laws. They must be removed. pic.twitter.com\/jhTWDuvJCl<\/a><\/p>— Aus Integrity (@QBCCIntegrity) November 27, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>