[LINK] ID checks for social media accounts?

[Roger Clarke]

On 6/4/21 8:34 am, Tom Worthington 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.

Reminds me of a classified ad I tried to put in the SMH in the 1970s.

I think I'd written something like 'Flatmate sought for 2-bedroom flat
in Balmain.  A lively female would be good'.

Maybe there was a sub-culture in inner-western Sydney at the time in
which 'lively' was a euphemism for something else;  but for whatever
reason my ad was rejected.

I can't remember what alternative was accepted.  I imagine 'interesting
female' could be misinterpreted just as easily.  (They didn't have any
problem with me using the word 'female', nor with me having a gender
preference).  It remains one of life's many mysteries.

I wonder how many of my expressions would generate 'warnings that my
posting may be see as inappropriate', resulting in my postings being
blocked from reaching a proportion of the target-audience, occasionally
for good reasons, but mostly because of false-positive flagging.


>> 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.

Yes, that would provide a rich vein.

But think how little of Paul Keating's rich oeuvre would get through.


On 6/4/21 8:47 am, Liddy Nevile wrote:
> Sounds to me as if Tom might be resurrecting PICS??

I reached for my Ancient Cartoons (manilla-)folder.

Yep, here's the one I wanted:
http://rogerclarke.com/II/NetNursieForDigiconvent.jpg


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