Dan Gillmor on Nostr: Australia's under-16 ban on social media is not just absurd. It's dangerous in almost ...

Australia's under-16 ban on social media is not just absurd. It's dangerous in almost every way.

It denies the parental role in child-raising.

It's a gift to the media barons, especially the Murdochs, who control legacy media and will profit hugely.

And it is huge step toward government control of speech of all kinds, because age requirements require age verification.

Age verification amounts to a license to read and speak.

Licenses can be taken away.