The Australian government recently passed a bill that legally requires every citizen to have a digital ID linked to their real identity to access the internet, and completely bans under sixteens from accessing social media, as of the tenth of December, 2025.
As a frequent Australian social media user, as someone who has found more friends on the internet in the past year than I ever have in my entire life, and as an anarchist, I am strongly opposed to this. And if you aren’t, wake up. Read the bill. Understand that this is going to negatively impact all of us, especially teenagers, queer people, and disabled people.
And the worst part is, the majority of Australians don’t care or even know that this is happening. And that’s why I’m making this post, and asking you to help bring attention to this. If you are Australian, write to every government official you can. Join a protest if you are able.
And, most importantly: strike. Strike from the internet, work, school, anything that will get the government’s attention. Make this backfire in their faces as soon as possible. And don’t think that none of this will do anything. There are almost twenty-eight million people in Australia. Do you know how much we could do of even a few hundred thousand could cooperate on this? Do you know how much good striking has done in the past? Community can make this possible, I believe in us.
I am begging you, don’t take this lying down. It is your right as a human being to have freedom.
The bill: https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/bills/r7284_first-reps/toc_pdf/24150b01.PDF
More information: Not just kids: Everyone to be age verified for social media | Information Age | ACS
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thank you for copying me in. we are reaching the crux point of international online censorship, which means we know exactly what this would look like in practice. If you helped us spread awareness about KOSA or the OSA or the SCREEN act then help us now. If you are Australian, write to your representatives. If you are not, share this to every other social media you use. Every one. Hold tight now punks.
