[NinjaTrance]

First observation: if you use social media, your privacy is already decimated.

So the article is not really defending privacy; it's simply defending social media. (Under-16s are an important demographic they don't want to lose).

That said, the article is forced to concede:

> Australia does order that personal information collected for age verification “must be destroyed once all purposes have been met.”

Let's repeat:

Social media MUST DESTROY all personal information collected for age verification.

But let's be honest: if you really value your privacy, you shouldn't be using social media.