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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

Collective Shout, a small but vocal lobby group, has long called for a mandatory internet filter that would prevent access to adult content for everyone in Australia. Its director, Melinda Tankard Reist, was recently appointed to the stakeholder advisory board for the government’s age assurance technology trial before the under-16s social media ban comes into effect in Australia in December.

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[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 71 points 5 months ago

Keep the pressure on.

Collective Shout got them to change their position and they're a small group. We are legion, as the kids say

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 42 points 5 months ago

And we're the ones spending the money

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 5 months ago

That's really what I don't get. Why make it impossible for people to give you money. That doesn't seem to be the way capitalism is supposed to operate if something is popular then you should allow it.

[-] reactionality@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They're the ones at risk of losing money if they get sued by reintroducing said content. You're not going to stop using the payment processors because there's literally no other option. This is performative.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

Sued for what? They aren't stopping illegal content from being sold. That, as is implied by the word "illegal", was already not allowed on these stores. They're stopping legal, but potentially (not my opinion) objectionable, content from being sold. There's no legal risk for allowing it.

[-] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

We are legion, as the kids say

God I'm old lmao

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