Techlore Surveillance Report Your Age Is Now Required: Australia's Social Media Ban Explained
Dec 12, 2025
This week dives into Australia's controversial social media ban requiring age verification, highlighting its privacy risks. The discussion shifts to India's invasive phone surveillance proposals that demand constant tracking. A serious React server vulnerability affecting numerous companies is explored, along with the EU's troubling changes to GDPR protections. Furthermore, Petco's ongoing data breaches and legal issues surrounding phone wiping at borders raise crucial concerns about data privacy and protection.
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Bans Require Age Verification
- Age-based social media bans effectively require age verification across users, creating broad privacy risks.
- Henry (Techlore) warns these systems undermine anonymity and can worsen harms they aim to solve.
Verification Drives Workarounds
- Age checks push some teens to VPNs, fake IDs, or alternative platforms, often reducing safety.
- Henry (Techlore) notes the law can create workarounds that preserve exposure to harms.
Protect All Users, Not Just Teens
- Do focus on stronger regulation, better data protection, and safer platform design instead of blanket age bans.
- Henry (Techlore) and Amnesty recommend protecting all users to reduce harms for children and adults.