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Substack Imposes Digital ID Checks in Australia

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By Christina Maas | Reclaim The Net | December 15, 2025 Australian readers opening Substack this fall have found a new step inserted between curiosity and the page. Click the wrong post and a full-screen message appears, informing users they “may be asked to verify your age before viewing certain content.”  Due to authoritarian internet laws, reading now comes with paperwork. Substack says the change is not a philosophical shift but a legal one.…
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Aletho News broke the news in on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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