#asmb

Australian KOSA is occurring right now

They are banning anyone under the age of sixteen from almost all media sites, including YouTube now.

They are including sites they promised they wouldn’t include

They are using inaccurate face scanning tech that does not accurately know your age

The other option is using government IDs

Neither is wanted.

PAY ATTENTION TO THIS RIGHT NOW. PLEASE JUST FOR A MOMENT

shits fucked. i don't have much more to say on the matter.

I've seen a few out of date petitions going around and i figured i would compile a list of petitions on the matter that are currently open to the public.

if you are an australian citizen or resident please sign the below petitions.

otherwise please share them.

usamericans this goes for you🫵 in particular, which seems only fair given the way that the internet is unavoidably oversaturated with your politics.

HERE IS A LIST OF PETITIONS THAT ARE OPEN AS OF THE 9TH OF OCTOBER 2025:

Petition EN8179 - Rethink the Social Media Ban for Under-16s in Australia

Petition EN8159 - Ban Youtube from collecting children's data

Petition EN7889 - Repeal The Online Safety Amendment To Stop Government Censorship.

Petition EN8467 - Australians say no to digital ID

I’m old enough that it doesn’t affect me, but unlike a lot of other people I still care about issues outside of my world.

Is the ban good in spirit? Yeah. But the execution is horrible. Making people give up their faces and IDs to stay online, and judging people by their content consumption. Stopping a means of connection between friends born a single year apart. Deleting accounts people have built for years. Isolating vulnerable kids—be they queer, neurodivergent, disabled, abused, disordered, lonely, anything—from finding community, help, or even something that might help them realise a danger they’re in.

This is a ban to protect kids, but I promise you this: social media is a lot better than you dipshits want to think it is.

You don’t want kids in groups you don’t like to have community. You don’t want a generation to arise who are understanding of people from all walks of life. You don’t want to make any effort to remove what actually harms kids from the internet so the digital and physical worlds are both safer, because that’s too much fucking effort—you could go sue Roblox for being paedo-lovers, delete content that incites violence and hatred, wipe CP and SA videos from existence. But you don’t. Because you don’t actually care.

You don't like targeted ads? That sucks, they're gonna know where you live now. You wanna post controversial takes/things that could get you in trouble? Congrats! They can show up at your door, because it'll be easier to find you than ever