[LINK] ID checks for social media accounts?

Liddy Nevile liddy at sunriseresearch.org
Tue Apr 6 08:47:47 AEST 2021


Sounds to me as if Tom might be resurrecting PICS??

> On 6 Apr 2021, at 8:34 am, Tom Worthington <tom.worthington at tomw.net.au> wrote:
> 
> On 4/4/21 12:19 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> 
>> ... PerthNow  April 2, 2021 5:06PM... Australians may be forced to prove who they are before creating social media accounts online ...
> 
> Perhaps a solution which worked on a positive social experience would
> work better. As an example, the system might warn a poster before they
> post that what their posting may be see as inappropriate. They could go
> ahead and post it, but it would be labelled with a warning. Readers
> could choose a setting to not see posts labelled in this way.
> 
> The idea being that those seeking to conduct harassment and abuse are
> motivated by the effect they will have. If they have no effect, as their
> targets never see what they write, they will have no incentive to do it.
> 
>> It’s hoped the reforms will stamp out bullying, trolling, harassment,
>> stalking and abuse ...
> 
> Perhaps Parliament House could be used for testing the proposalwith a two year trial requiring all MPs, theior staff and all staff of political parties with MPs required to register.
> 
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