Stupid bipartisan authoritarian bs, so basically a normal day for the australian government.
aucisson_masque 7/2/2025||
> Search engines will not be required to implement age assurance measures for users who are not logged in to their services, according to the new rules.
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mediumsmart 7/3/2025||
I mailed the nanny state if I could comment but the one they provided says nothing.
g42gregory 7/2/2025||
Freedom and democracy in action.
incompatible 7/2/2025||
Do they realise that some of us may be using computers that don't even have a camera, and open source software that could in theory upload any image we like?
Ycros 7/2/2025|
It uses a video feed and asks you to look in certain directions. At least the one instance I've encountered did.
hsbauauvhabzb 7/2/2025||
Yeah. Certainly something AI generated video couldn’t solve.
someNameIG 7/2/2025||
It shouldn't be to difficult to determine if the camera is pointed at a real face vs a screen showing an AI generated image.
attila-lendvai 7/2/2025||
age check = identity check
nenadg 7/2/2025||
ah another one from the series of govt ideas so good that they have to be enforced
BLKNSLVR 7/2/2025|
Nice to see the ACS implementing their own dark patterns in making the "Close" text in the top right of their full screen pop-up light-grey and thus difficult to find.