find you on :butterfedy1: fediverse<p><span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@danie10" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@danie10</a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://fosstodon.org/@hcj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hcj</a></span> Australia's new law effectively means <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/teens" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teens</a> will not be able to research topics that may <strong>OR MAY NOT BE</strong> affecting their society, as they move into <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/adulthood" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adulthood</a>, this effectively reduces under-16s in <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/australia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#australia</a> (and if this global trend continues, the world) as second class citizens, 2nd class youth will invariably lead to 2nd class adults. Information is NOT <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/alcohol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alcohol</a>, its NOT an addictive drug, it is the bigtech platforms that have weaponized the social spaces.... social spaces in general are NOT THE PROBLEM!</p><p>the australian govt comparing this law to an <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/alcoholban" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alcoholBan</a> ought horrify every living person on earth. we should be reminded also of what the "war on drugs" actually achieved, in so far as it simply put a bunch of recreational users into the <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/prisonindustrialcomplex" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prisonIndustrialComplex</a>. I put forward that THIS is the real goal of this new global push by govts to ban <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/information" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#information</a> for our youth.</p><p>It is also akin to the burning of books, because when govt (today in the 'land-down-under') ties access to the internet to getting a <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/facescan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facescan</a>, or a govt-issued <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/digitalid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalID</a> that will spell the end of <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/academicfreedom" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academicFreedom</a>. The so-called <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/freeandopenweb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freeAndOpenWeb</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> community must move swiftly to make australia's new laws redundant.</p><p>Mobilise <em><strong>now</strong></em>....</p><p>....we ONLY have 12 months make <a href="https://geti2p.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">i2p federation</a> a native feature of :butterfedyC: fediverse servers.</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/socialmedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/fedimeta" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedimeta</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/warondrugs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warondrugs</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://wizard.casa/collections/tags/youth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#youth</a></p>