#nostriches and #austriches
The Communications Minister, Michelle Rowland, has declared that virtually ALL social media platforms will fall under the new legislative framework, aimed at preventing all Australians under 16 years old from accessing social media platforms.
She emphasised the inevitability of compliance by stating, “THERE IS NO OUT” and that all must comply to the new regulations.
WTF
It did not bother you cause you were not sixteen.
Then they came for the twenty year olds.
But you were not twenty.
Then 24 but you were not 24.
Then... Okay I'll stop now.
You'll see all the cool kids running tor.
Man, I wish I could tor like chad over there.
He gets all the girls.
There is an out, it's nostr and bitcoin
Genuine questions:
- how? Aust. Banks continuously blocking the movement of fiat to bitcoin exchanges?
- ATO is viscous: your government digital id required, bitcoin tracked, etc
- Nostr not really at the point of replacing something like the education volume on YouTube (think of the chilllllldren)
- nostr will be banned, just like other platforms?
I'll go in reverse order;
- nostr isn't like an app that's controlled by a company. It's a protocol and anyone can build on it. So it's impossible to ban, it'd be at best a game of whack a mole
- agree, not yet the same volume. But things can grow very fast in this digital age.
- banks can block access yet people are still finding ways. At the moment, not all banks have blocked access, credit unions allow access and some companies have ways that allow you to transfer without banks knowing what the transfer is for. There's also local or p2p ways to transact
- as for the ATO, if you have a bitcoin economy things may change but for now there are still plenty of options (eg/ you can get tax free loans out against your btc if you want to "cash" some out)
Agree with the whack a mole, understood re whack a mole.
The govt is starting with broad strokes. First we start with the poorly planned MAD bill and ban for <16 year olds.
Then we find work arounds with VPNs and Nostr…so the government does what in retaliation?
Rather than hiding on Nostr, we should be loud on all platforms before it’s too late (imo).
