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Re:Australia is quietly introducing age checks for search en... by bigB on Friday July 11, 2025 @01:24AM (#44528645)
My thoughts on this is there is very few things that will stop a sufficiently motivated teenager. I Know this as I have these conversations alot with my kids. They will work around it or go to whatever is out of scope of the blocking.

The only thing the Australia Government is great at is political grandstanding, regardless of the party in power.

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Re:Australia is quietly introducing age checks for search en... by nottorp on Friday July 11, 2025 @02:41AM (#44529027)
Heh, stop thinking of porn and similar stuff that a teenager will find a way to circumvent.

It's "normal" sites that are so crippled for minors for fear of liability that you end up telling your kids to just lie they're 24 when signing up.

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