This is going to be an interesting experiment to watch.

Because if I know kids, they will find any creative way they can to circumvent the ban.

And even worse is if some actor out there starts catering to kids by publishing "proxy services".

My opinion on this is that it's the same as banning drugs. People want to use them, and will find any way to use them.

> And even worse is if some actor out there starts catering to kids by publishing "proxy services".

How long until this happens and there's a big paedophilia scare so I can point and laugh at everyone involved?

ruthmarx 7 months ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is where kids might flock to decentralized options like Mastadon or something.

	▲	INTPenis 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		I suspect it'll be even simpler. That some major service like Discord for example will fly under the AU government radar simply because it's chat.

Some will but at population scale any barrier will decrease usage.

	▲	INTPenis 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		We'll see. If I think back to my own time in school I foresee kids teaching each other the latest circumvention technique. It might be as simple as using VPN vouchers. Or sharing VPN accounts, or using someone's public VPN server. This is why it'll be so fun to see what they come up with, the kids that is. They're the true innovators, the hackers. ;) It might be as simple as use of a certain service exploding, a service that has flown under the government radar. Discord for example might not be considered social media but you can turn it into social media using bots.