Australia to Enforce Mandatory Social Media Age Checks | Australian e-Safety Commissioner bans plotline of Bluey episode

Bluey is a phenomenon, especially if you are a parent. It’s the finest export from Australia since Kylie Minogue & Steve Irwin.

Series 2 Episode 24 “Faceytalk” is all about young kids in an extended family sharing silly times together over social media. Admittedly it does end in one of the kids overexcitedly drowning a phone in a swimming pool, but it’s comedy because it’s recognition, and it has a lesson.

And I’m finding it quietly ridiculous that the Australians are essentially banning it from ever happening:

Go click. Apparently ostensible safety is more important that children are prevented from having fun:

“A safety law that reads like a blueprint for a surveillance state.”

https://reclaimthenet.org/australia-mandatory-age-verification-social-media-privacy-surveillance-2025

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