Here we go
Substack in Australia requires me to give ID
To view an article about investing…
Ofc for my own “safety”
This is not a law I voted for
But I have to deal with it anyway
Discussion
Burrows. At some point moving will require this of us
When you say “moving” what do you mean?
Thinking of living in Australia?
Or just generally travelling to different countries will mean different digital laws
Seems so simple. “Oh why not, what’s the harm?”
But it’s such a slippery slope
And hence tools that are harder to police, due to decentralisation, is key to build upon
It’s like right now is a key moment in my understanding of the role Nostr has to play in the future
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I reckon if enough people like the service, it will be forked into a FOS version with no login requirements.
If not enough people like it, it will die a slow death.
This is a slow bleed I think
We can build something better on Nostr
with what fiatjab explained, that clients must run locally and that if someone runs it, not even the developer who created it should have control once one has it, this way these things could be avoided from an update forcing the pages to deliver your data?
What did you do? No shade only curious.
Nothing. New law in Australia and social media
Australia’s Online Safety Act 2021 was amended in late 2024 to introduce a minimum age regime for online platforms, now in force as of December 2025, requiring certain services (especially social media) to take reasonable steps to prevent under‑16s from accessing them. To comply, platforms must implement age assurance measures, which can include things like age checks or verification flows.
Substack has chosen to apply age verification for Australian users in response to those requirements, even though it isn’t explicitly listed among the core “social media” platforms the law targets...
Many analysts view Substack’s approach as an overly cautious interpretation of the law, or even pre‑emptive compliance, because Substack isn’t explicitly on the list of platforms covered by the age restriction.
Governments are taking things way to far
Which is more dangerous...this or moving a hundred million people who are culturally very different from you into your country?