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Verification Nation: Inside Australia’s Great Social Media Lockout

CISO Marketplace · 10 months ago

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Australia is launching a world-first "grand experiment" by banning social media for under-16s and mandating age verification for search engines, threatening fines of up to $49.5 million for tech giants that fail to comply. We explore the massive privacy trade-offs as millions of Australians—adults included—face requirements to submit government IDs or undergo biometric face scans just to remain logged into…

This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of CISO Marketplace, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.