A while ago, I made this post here about a social media ban for under 16s.
In summary, the government is implementing a plan to ban children from social media by verifying the age of everyone through various undecided measures including ID verification. Many in the media, including on OzBargain supported the legislation (full disclosure: I do not).
Recently, Vietnam has announced plans to introduce ID verification for social media accounts which has received much scrutiny, including from the Guardian who have labelled it as "draconian". This is very different from the coverage in Australia for similar plans which focuses on children rather than the potential risks of the plan.
My question to everyone is: Should we hold ourselves to different standards to other countries when implementing similar legislation?
Every country assesses their perspective and subtleties on potential benefits and risks for its population. What Vietnam chooses to do is irrelevant here. As is The Guardian’s opinion piece.