This 'social media ban' is simply gatekeeping those without ID like the most vulnerable homeless population, built into the bill is policing of language, what forments hate, what counts as extremism? This bill will be remembered as the greatest single loss of freedoms in decades. They will know your name, address and other data, which will be used for surge pricing or invasive policing by already corrupt forces.
Austrailia had no luck, it was all a scam. I used to go to an internet cafe as a homeless teen to access services, can you imagine banning a young mother who wants help, or someone who is isolated and needs to get help anonymously? Or all the freedom fighters who stay anonymous for fear of their own families being targeted by the right wing conmen and the neoliberal social murderers?
The second I can't access the Internet because I lack a form of ID required by a foreign company will be my I told you so, too little and too late. Being homeless 7 times and possibly again this summer, I've lost my wallet multiple times to theft or having to abandon a shelter.
Mayors, Prime Ministers and Premiers are all failing to protect the most vulnerable and it's now a culling, democide, social murder of the homeless, addicted, the workplace injured and people with disabilities or seniors. They are murdering us while you eat gaslights for breakfast...