Australia is preparing to roll out one of the most sweeping digital control measures in its history, mandating age verification across major social media platforms by December 10, 2025. While framed as child protection, the policy will require intrusive surveillance tools such as facial scans, government ID uploads, and biometric analysis to prove a user’s age—systems that privacy experts warn could easily be repurposed for broader state control. With fines of up to $31 million USD for companies that fail to comply, the pressure on platforms like Google, Meta, TikTok, and Snap virtually ensures the creation of a digital ID infrastructure that erodes anonymity for every user, not just children. This “safety” law, in practice, reads like a blueprint for a surveillance state.

This development echoes Revelation’s warning of a coming Beast system where buying, selling, and participation in society would be contingent upon state-sanctioned identification (Revelation 13:16–17). Under the guise of protection, the world is being conditioned to accept surveillance and control as normal, especially the younger generation now being trained to surrender privacy in exchange for “safety.” Just as Isaiah warned of those who call evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20), so too we see governments redefining freedom as something to be regulated and tracked. Believers must discern the times: these measures are not isolated, but part of a global trend preparing the way for a system where control replaces liberty, and conformity becomes a prerequisite for participation in daily life.

SOURCE: Reclaim the Net