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Australia's social media ban for children under 16 just became law (www.abc.net.au)
3 points by red369 4 hours ago | hide | past | web | 2 comments | favorite






I'm doing my best to avoid writing a sarcastic comment about Australia's reputation for putting off troubling about the technical details for digital legislation.

However, I can't resist posting some of the highlights that arose when the Assistance and Access Act passed a few years back:

Asked whether the laws of mathematics behind encryption would trump any new legislation, Mr Turnbull said: "The laws of Australia prevail in Australia, I can assure you of that." (0)

The Director General of the Australian Signals Directorate gave a myth-busting speech about that Act which was a bit awkward too: https://www.asd.gov.au/news-events-speeches/speeches/directo...

Fingers crossed they work through this one properly.

0) http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/facebo...




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