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submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by rcbrk@lemmy.ml to c/australia@aussie.zone

Australian Senate, last sitting of the year. No idea when the Social Media Ban debate is kicking off.

If anyone's keen, feel free to give a live run-down of anything interesting in this thread.

(sorry about all the edits, just trying to get a decent thumbnail: elevated photo of the Australian Senate)

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[-] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 4 weeks ago

This comment right here. Not a fan of this bill at all and may potentially leave any platform that demands this information and/or ‘digital id’.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 4 weeks ago

Moving countries here. just gonna post on this instance for nostalgia

[-] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

For real? Hyperbole? Or vpn joke

[-] Baku@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Not OP, but this garbage solidified my decision that I wish to move countries sometime soon. I think the EU's done a good job at regulating corporations while also not making such over the top decisions, and generally respecting democratic processes when they do make heavy handed decisions

[-] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

If I had better earning potential I probably would have absconded to Europe

[-] Baku@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's a large part of why I'm planning on continuing my studies eventually. As soon as the opportunity to move comes up,.I'm out of here

[-] Salvo@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

The GDPR has been completely ineffective.

Instead of preventing immoral businesses from collecting our data, it has forced moral and immoral businesses to make their websites completely useless unless we give them explicit permission to collect our data. We get that stupid, ineffectual modal pop up whenever we visit their site, and no matter how many permissions we give them, they are forced to ask every time.

[-] Salvo@aussie.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago

The thing is All-The-Countries are just as bad (if not worse).

At least we have preferential voting in Australia so (if we can educate our idiotic fellow voters) we have a (theoretical) chance to vote both major parties out.

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