something that's come up a few times -- I've had people say it's inevitable that people will use a VPN to get around any domestic social media ban. In my experience, it's not that easy, at least when it comes to one big tech player
The Australian government has all of my personal information through MyGov.
Last week I found that the account had 14 attempts to access over a few days (which their system didn't tell me about).
So, having my information to show I'm over 16 will just be another source of data ripe for a breach. In fact, I'm fully expecting it.
Not sure about Instagram but Facebook can be accessed using tor. It even has a .onion address. No way they'd know where you're logging in from then.
@camwilson That claim that one quarter of Australians use a VPN seems surprisingly high.