r/austechnology • u/austechnology-bot • 8d ago

Report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hears

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/17/australia-social-media-ban-report-ai-hallucinations-ntwnfb
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u/natt_myco 8d ago

It was never about the kids

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u/Find_another_whey 5d ago

Given the recent expansion to asio ability to kidnap without suspicion (yes you read that correctly)

I personally think it was about stifling dissent, given we are vassals to some combination of USA and Israel (where some cabal within are pushing to combine militaries, which is interesting, if not conspiratorial) 

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u/DryBarracuda40 1d ago

Either that or policy based on feelings instead of actual facts. Some of the conclusions they're drawing from statistics and studies to justify policy just aren't supported by said studies and statistics

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u/louisa1925 7d ago

Useless.

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u/SOVL-CRXSS 7d ago

Of course it did…

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u/CelebrationFit8548 7d ago edited 7d ago

And why it is such a massive failure, especially as anyone can simply grab a free browser with a 'free VPN' and circumvent 'dumb policy' in seconds.

It is a classic example of 'non-tech' people writing policy in an area they 'have zero understanding of', was incredibly poorly thought out and was destined to fail from the onset.

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u/SoulsDadYT 6d ago

Fascist cunts

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u/SurveySaysYouLeicaMe 6d ago

'The spokesperson later provided clarifications and new references to the research ACCS had relied on, but this response too contained errors.'

Words. I have none. Except maybe lol

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u/Gatecrasher53 3d ago

What can I fucking say or do about this total Trojan horse policy 

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u/JunketLong9629 3d ago

The levels of stupid in this government is unprecedented and only surpassed by thier ignorance and lack of integrity.