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mandeepj a day ago

Facebook requires users to be at least 13 (or 14) years old while signing up. So, Australia is just extending that ceiling by a couple years. No big deal!

bogantech 21 hours ago | parent [-]

It'll just mean every Australian will have to provide ID and lose the ability to remain anonymous online - no biggie!

HdS84 20 hours ago | parent [-]

I think it's necessary. Bots and trolls are already ruining online conversations.

I envision a state run identity provider which provides a limited number of non-resolvable identires to you. E.g. you log in with your personal identification card, then the website knows you as <some guid>. Your identity can only be resolved on court, e.g. if you commit online fraud.

esperent 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Bots and trolls are already ruining online conversations.

Requiring everyone to give up their rights to online privacy is an incredibly drastic solution to this problem, and it's not clear that it would even work very well.

HdS84 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You don't give up any right for privacy - your identity is opaque to all except the state agency running the identity service.

meiraleal 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nobody is giving up any right. There is no right to be anonymous in a social network for billions of people

sertraline 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You must be mistaken, these bots and trolls are largely run by the very states that you trust to protect your communications.

rightbyte 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Bots and trolls are already ruining online conversations.

They have always been?