How Age-Assurance Technology to "protect the children" is truly intended to coerce the uptake of Digital ID, and to remove all online anonymity and user privacy.
I have to ask, why has not one of our politicians not suggested a simpler method? Would it not suffice to have any/all material deemed to be unsuitable for children marked as such, and 'locked'. Then those wishing to view it could simply verify their age.
I'm not too sure that this proposed system would actually be a simpler method. Beyond the obvious (marking and restricting pornography and graphic violence), how would the spectrum of content be graded (a trusted third-party Government affiliate using AI?), and who would have final control over the grading system, and might this not be yet another means to inflict bias, control narratives, selectively omit and cunningly censor? What might they choose to keep from children? What might they intentionally allow? Almost everything beyond frivolous entertainment and distraction would remained locked, only to be 'unlocked' by adults. In effect, this would surely replicate the exact same loss of privacy and anonymity and data-harvesting as the coming system that will force age-compliance on everyone.
And why are all the porn site allowed to continue? Kids will just go there and be exposed to worse things than social media. Is this part of the globo's plan?
Nine Industry Codes have been quietly regulated by the eSafety Commissioner and added to the Online Safety Act since June, and one code in particular will impose age-assurance on Adult Content/Porn Sites from March, 2026.
I heard that platforms will do basic checks first, e.g. checking when you created the account, so many people won't be asked for age verification ID, (I hope this is the case because the majority of my facebook info for example, including photos is set to 'friends only' or 'me only' - so surely AI won't be able to check my facebook posts/photos (though there are possibly public posts I have been tagged in)....?.
But this (minimal, commonsense checks first) doesn't match what the true intentions of this bill are. Unless this process is going to be done in sneaky steps.
Regardless, are these platforms accessing our data (in order to check our age) at a greater level than they previously could? As that's bad enough in itself. Particularly when AI has to scan people's (public, I assume) existing photos, videos and posts in order to check their age (for example, when a social media account was only created this year).
At what point are we stuffed, regarding anonymity? Is it only if you choose the digital ID option?
Is anonymity lost also when you upload other forms of ID? (Btw I realise uploading any form of ID is not a good idea, simply for data protection reasons).
I do know that these social media platforms, google and microsoft are already collecting, storing and sharing data, profiling etc
Also what about people that already have a digital ID but don't use it as their ID check for these platforms? Are they stuffed because they simply already have a digital ID?
Hello Rochelle, yes, all that they are doing is incremental, and it is certainly a process that is being undertaken in sneaky steps. We have all had our data harvested, and I have no doubt that digital dossiers, and extensive profiles exist on most people (Did you read my piece on Dan Andrew's secret data agency, Insights Victoria, that was initiated at the beginning of the 111-day lockdown and monitored credit card transactions and Social Media sentiments, and was able to track individuals "right down the street level?" A link is at the bottom of this piece.) That's what they were capable of in 2020 before the recent evolution in AI technology. It can be assumed that almost every online interaction has long been scrutinised to some extent, and perhaps we have never truly had any real privacy. However, there is no official government channel for policing or punishing dissident voices (beyond the algorithmic censorship already practiced by Big Tech) at this present stage. A Digital ID will enable Social Credit Score policing in the future.
Now regarding Digital ID and the myID... if you don't use it for the age-assurance checks, then you should be fine. It will only be problematic if you are compelled to use it to simply log-in to the Internet --which is what they are ultimately hoping to achieve. I think once it is first used for an age-assurance check then the precedent will have been established and it will then be integrated into the age-assurance system and appear seamless and hassle free... and that is the trap. If you can do all that you can to avoid that, then it is just another form of ID that exists, but is not being used.
Thanks Stephen for your detailed reply (and yes I have just read your great article re Insights Victoria - unfortunately I'm not shocked).
Do you think other forms of ID are just as worse as a digital ID (in terms of losing anonymity)?
What about social media accounts that are in your real name? Surely that's a dead giveaway (and with Facebook, most people have put their DOB in (which I'm sure FB can access, even if it's set to private). On that note, I'm wondering if it's a good idea to delete your DOB (if this is possible) on these platforms....or maybe that will make things worse (i.e. more likely to get asked for age verification).
Just trying to figure out if some of our social media accounts will be ok (accounts that are not asked for age verification) for now, even if they are in your real name and you have had to include your DOB.
The I'm alrightjack approach will only work for a short period.
Once the greater majority have had to succumb just as they did with the vaccinations then it will become easier to either isolate and remove or identify the rest
'E' - 'Safety CommieCsars' - Apart from being OxyMoronic (Including ALL NotMyGov.Con 'Safety/Watch dog' Agencies, ARE for the Security of the Corporate '6' - Foreign and Domestic [As long as THE Corporation is Large enough - For Political Party 'Sponsorship or 'Jobs Reward' post Politic/Cratic 'Usage'!) - Ends up as (Note; AS USUAL, these entiTITIES , ARE NOT 'Elected' just like the U.N & Agencies!) - WHO's protecting the Greater US, against the Minority 'THEM' (See, & I never even utilised the 'Life Threatening' Pronouns!
“The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.”
― Adolf Hitler
Last; 'Threats to Children'; SOOooo, the 'Expaneded' Cyber Cops, the Signals directorate, ASIO et Al 'KNOW' the Child 'ANY METRIC' child abusers via 'E' Traffic & Communiques@large![1] THEY, also scan NotMyGov.Con Federal and State policies regarding such 'State Treasures' ('Kids'), SOoo WHERE ARE these Child offenders in Custody, Slashed out of the Elite 'Connected'/Politico/Cratic - Public service/Surveilance/ Judicial & Enforcement Ranks? or, are these predators 'Only' in the Public (& Possibly InmanGrant Ranks. Apologies, that is > - ImmiGrant U.N.vetted) ranks?! Or do we take our 'Lead' from Israeli operations?
Is that a VICtopin Govt AU$200 Million set aside for 'Students' as young as 6 Years old, to 'Challenge their Physical Asigned Agenda - As being 'Correct'?' = VICtopia Vehicle number plates; "Victoria - The Education State.' - WHICH WAY? - 'Grooming'.
[1] This also applies to Anti Australian Political(Including Labor's CCP 'Memberships' & others 'Leanings/Influencers') & ALL Metric Financial 'transactions'!! - And this with Connectivity of COMIIC 5>9 Eyes Access to Global Same!!
COMIIC; Corporate OrganEyes'd Military Industrial Intelligence CONplex.
'Foreign'/ Def; Belonging To, or associated With - A Country, which IS NOT your own.
Wellness, Knowledge, Unity - John D. (Is there any Victorians -Collective Citizens/businesses, still standing in VICtopia, after the combined Foreign 'efforts', in at least the passed decade?).
The Aligned Council of Australia gives full details of the intended I.D. in clear language – it will be ‘voluntary’ (at first) and how to deal with this; what you can do about it now, etc.
I have to ask, why has not one of our politicians not suggested a simpler method? Would it not suffice to have any/all material deemed to be unsuitable for children marked as such, and 'locked'. Then those wishing to view it could simply verify their age.
I'm not too sure that this proposed system would actually be a simpler method. Beyond the obvious (marking and restricting pornography and graphic violence), how would the spectrum of content be graded (a trusted third-party Government affiliate using AI?), and who would have final control over the grading system, and might this not be yet another means to inflict bias, control narratives, selectively omit and cunningly censor? What might they choose to keep from children? What might they intentionally allow? Almost everything beyond frivolous entertainment and distraction would remained locked, only to be 'unlocked' by adults. In effect, this would surely replicate the exact same loss of privacy and anonymity and data-harvesting as the coming system that will force age-compliance on everyone.
I see your point. This is certainly a vexed issue. The internet may turn out to be the worst ever development for humanity.
That would be because every one of your politicians wants you on a system where they can monitor you and control you.
And why are all the porn site allowed to continue? Kids will just go there and be exposed to worse things than social media. Is this part of the globo's plan?
Nine Industry Codes have been quietly regulated by the eSafety Commissioner and added to the Online Safety Act since June, and one code in particular will impose age-assurance on Adult Content/Porn Sites from March, 2026.
The headline of this article by The Guardian incorrectly states that this will be occurring in December 2025, but the actual date is outlined as March, 2026 in the piece: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/13/australians-will-verify-age-photo-id-facial-recognition-to-watch-pornography-from-december
For precisely the same reason brothels and bottle shops were fine but prayer and knitting circles were not during the scam years.
Anything that causes degeneracy in the population is encouraged.
That's the Marxist/Socialist way.
I heard that platforms will do basic checks first, e.g. checking when you created the account, so many people won't be asked for age verification ID, (I hope this is the case because the majority of my facebook info for example, including photos is set to 'friends only' or 'me only' - so surely AI won't be able to check my facebook posts/photos (though there are possibly public posts I have been tagged in)....?.
But this (minimal, commonsense checks first) doesn't match what the true intentions of this bill are. Unless this process is going to be done in sneaky steps.
Regardless, are these platforms accessing our data (in order to check our age) at a greater level than they previously could? As that's bad enough in itself. Particularly when AI has to scan people's (public, I assume) existing photos, videos and posts in order to check their age (for example, when a social media account was only created this year).
At what point are we stuffed, regarding anonymity? Is it only if you choose the digital ID option?
Is anonymity lost also when you upload other forms of ID? (Btw I realise uploading any form of ID is not a good idea, simply for data protection reasons).
I do know that these social media platforms, google and microsoft are already collecting, storing and sharing data, profiling etc
Also what about people that already have a digital ID but don't use it as their ID check for these platforms? Are they stuffed because they simply already have a digital ID?
Hello Rochelle, yes, all that they are doing is incremental, and it is certainly a process that is being undertaken in sneaky steps. We have all had our data harvested, and I have no doubt that digital dossiers, and extensive profiles exist on most people (Did you read my piece on Dan Andrew's secret data agency, Insights Victoria, that was initiated at the beginning of the 111-day lockdown and monitored credit card transactions and Social Media sentiments, and was able to track individuals "right down the street level?" A link is at the bottom of this piece.) That's what they were capable of in 2020 before the recent evolution in AI technology. It can be assumed that almost every online interaction has long been scrutinised to some extent, and perhaps we have never truly had any real privacy. However, there is no official government channel for policing or punishing dissident voices (beyond the algorithmic censorship already practiced by Big Tech) at this present stage. A Digital ID will enable Social Credit Score policing in the future.
Now regarding Digital ID and the myID... if you don't use it for the age-assurance checks, then you should be fine. It will only be problematic if you are compelled to use it to simply log-in to the Internet --which is what they are ultimately hoping to achieve. I think once it is first used for an age-assurance check then the precedent will have been established and it will then be integrated into the age-assurance system and appear seamless and hassle free... and that is the trap. If you can do all that you can to avoid that, then it is just another form of ID that exists, but is not being used.
Thanks Stephen for your detailed reply (and yes I have just read your great article re Insights Victoria - unfortunately I'm not shocked).
Do you think other forms of ID are just as worse as a digital ID (in terms of losing anonymity)?
What about social media accounts that are in your real name? Surely that's a dead giveaway (and with Facebook, most people have put their DOB in (which I'm sure FB can access, even if it's set to private). On that note, I'm wondering if it's a good idea to delete your DOB (if this is possible) on these platforms....or maybe that will make things worse (i.e. more likely to get asked for age verification).
Just trying to figure out if some of our social media accounts will be ok (accounts that are not asked for age verification) for now, even if they are in your real name and you have had to include your DOB.
The I'm alrightjack approach will only work for a short period.
Once the greater majority have had to succumb just as they did with the vaccinations then it will become easier to either isolate and remove or identify the rest
So no you won't be alright Jack
'E' - 'Safety CommieCsars' - Apart from being OxyMoronic (Including ALL NotMyGov.Con 'Safety/Watch dog' Agencies, ARE for the Security of the Corporate '6' - Foreign and Domestic [As long as THE Corporation is Large enough - For Political Party 'Sponsorship or 'Jobs Reward' post Politic/Cratic 'Usage'!) - Ends up as (Note; AS USUAL, these entiTITIES , ARE NOT 'Elected' just like the U.N & Agencies!) - WHO's protecting the Greater US, against the Minority 'THEM' (See, & I never even utilised the 'Life Threatening' Pronouns!
Next; Hysterical context - Apologies. Historical Gameplay book;
“The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.”
― Adolf Hitler
Last; 'Threats to Children'; SOOooo, the 'Expaneded' Cyber Cops, the Signals directorate, ASIO et Al 'KNOW' the Child 'ANY METRIC' child abusers via 'E' Traffic & Communiques@large![1] THEY, also scan NotMyGov.Con Federal and State policies regarding such 'State Treasures' ('Kids'), SOoo WHERE ARE these Child offenders in Custody, Slashed out of the Elite 'Connected'/Politico/Cratic - Public service/Surveilance/ Judicial & Enforcement Ranks? or, are these predators 'Only' in the Public (& Possibly InmanGrant Ranks. Apologies, that is > - ImmiGrant U.N.vetted) ranks?! Or do we take our 'Lead' from Israeli operations?
Is that a VICtopin Govt AU$200 Million set aside for 'Students' as young as 6 Years old, to 'Challenge their Physical Asigned Agenda - As being 'Correct'?' = VICtopia Vehicle number plates; "Victoria - The Education State.' - WHICH WAY? - 'Grooming'.
[1] This also applies to Anti Australian Political(Including Labor's CCP 'Memberships' & others 'Leanings/Influencers') & ALL Metric Financial 'transactions'!! - And this with Connectivity of COMIIC 5>9 Eyes Access to Global Same!!
COMIIC; Corporate OrganEyes'd Military Industrial Intelligence CONplex.
'Foreign'/ Def; Belonging To, or associated With - A Country, which IS NOT your own.
Wellness, Knowledge, Unity - John D. (Is there any Victorians -Collective Citizens/businesses, still standing in VICtopia, after the combined Foreign 'efforts', in at least the passed decade?).
The Aligned Council of Australia gives full details of the intended I.D. in clear language – it will be ‘voluntary’ (at first) and how to deal with this; what you can do about it now, etc.
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