Rhys Matthew

Anti Digital ID, Tech-Doomer, Youtuber, Hardcore Australian

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

Proud to be #1 hyped video in Australia on Youtube. I hope I am bringing attention to the core issues around Digital ID and Age Assurance. Link in bio, go check my channel out.

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

When you stop listening to the cadence of main stream news presenters and then years and years later hear them, they sound ridiculous 😂

[7NEWS Sydney @7NewsSydney]

Karl Stefanovic's nine lives appear to have run out. He's often troubled time at the Today Show all but over. He's now expected to be sacked by his bosses at Channel 9 after a controversial podcast and 20 years without a single ratings win.

[AFL Memes @MemesAFL]

The AFL Tribunal will determine the sanction for rough conduct offences in accordance with the following table:

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

@malthusista Thank you!

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

@KatKarena @SkyNewsAust Who are the good MP's? 🤣 I would take the opportunity to go on for sure, not sure how that all even works to be honest I don't watch TV...

[Kat (Catherine) Karena @KatKarena]

November 2026 - Free speech gets removed in Australia - Government doesn't need the laws to implement - just technology. Australia is the test case - and the process is LIVE.
Rhys @grhylln explains this very well https://t.co/8WYWmapTfG
For those short on time - here's a summary:

What will be live in Nov 2026 and will be copied by UK et all is this:

Government creates age-verification laws.
▶️ Platforms face huge fines if they fail.
▶️Verifying users privately (Meta, Instagram, Google etc.) costs them millions.
▶️ Government-approved systems become the “cheap and easy” option.
▶️ Government has already created a digital id - in Australia it's called MyID - first phase for use by government departments now setting up for private sector.
▶️ ConnectID - approved by Government tied to bank and MyID
▶️ Platforms integrate ConnectID/myID-style verification. (think logging in with ConnectID/MyId instead of FB, Google
▶️Your social account becomes linked to a bank-verified or government-verified identity.
▶️The login layer becomes the control point.
▶️No verification means no access.
▶️No access means no speech.

That is how censorship moves from content moderation to infrastructure control.

And the bank-link matters.

Once speech access is tied to bank-verified identity, the risk is not just “you lose your account.” The deeper risk is a social-credit style system where identity, banking, online access and government compliance begin to merge.
Coming to Australia November 2026.

Canada already showed that financial access can be frozen under political/legal emergency powers. A Canadian parliamentary finance report recorded that accounts worth about C$7.8 million were frozen under the Emergencies Act measures.

So the question is not:

“Is Digital ID convenient?”

The question is:

Should the government be allowed to build the identity rails that decide whether citizens can bank, verify, log in, and speak online?

Australia is fucked. And this fuckery is rolling out to all Western countries.

So you're a single issue organisation - Digital ID doesn't impact you? - good luck with that - if the government doesn't support it - your voice is shut down.
@OneNationAus @PaulineHansonOz @MoiraDeemingMP
#DigitalID #DemocracyGone #FreeSpeechrr

[River over troubled bridges @JulietRedbird]

@RanTeeThree @kbean511 It's just more of the Fabian incrementalism and obfuscation.

They want authoritarian control, and when they have it, they'll convert into tyranny (for the greater good) almost instantly.

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

Its important to know Australia did this too. This December they are bringing in The Childrens Privacy Act which makes ALL sites a child may use, have age verification. These policies are trojan horses to normalise personally identifying yourself on the internet.

[Ranty Man @RanTeeThree]

It’s important to know that the social media ban for under 16s is not a ban for under 16s.

It is a ban on *selected* social media for EVERYONE. Until you identify yourself.

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

Australia was the catalyst that allowed this to happen

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

We are banning social media access for under 16s.

These days kids must find their feet in a world where technology intrudes into every area of their life.

I just can’t let that go on anymore. So we’re giving children their childhoods back.

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

@kangamerchant @ajajahahahjaaj But #1 favourite to watch

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

@kangamerchant One of my favourite players

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

@Synonymous_CLAY Thank you 🙏

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

Proud to be #1 hyped video in Australia on Youtube. I hope I am bringing attention to the core issues around Digital ID and Age Assurance. Link in bio, go check my channel out.

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

This is really unusual for Joe to be emotional. I wonder of his wife is sick and thats why it got so real. I pray thats not the case.

[Killa 🌺 @KillaKreww]

Joe Rogan caught Skylar Grey OFF-GUARD after getting emotional and tearing up at the start of his podcast while revealing that his wife wants her hit song with Diddy “I’m Coming Home” played at her funeral 😳👀

“It’s such a crazy thought… then I listened to it in the gym and was like ‘God damn’” 😭

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

@r3tarddownunder The guy in green was there on Wednesday too. Doing this at a choke point to a new station at 5pm is very annoying.

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

Future State: Developers will be employed with $5,000 budget of token usage a month. Each dollar they spend on tokens will be taken out of their monthly pay.

Encourages legitimate coding while providing the tools to complete complex tasks where they require help.

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

MICROSOFT CANCELED CLAUDE CODE!

IT COST TOO MUCH.

Major tech companies are confronting the steep reality of AI inference costs as the era of heavy subsidies appears to be ending.

Microsoft is canceling most internal licenses for Anthropic’s popular Claude Code tool by June 30, 2026 less than six months after rolling it out broadly to engineers primarily due to escalating token-based expenses, while shifting teams toward its own GitHub Copilot CLI.

This mirrors broader pressures: Uber’s CTO revealed the company had already exhausted its entire 2026 AI budget in just four months thanks to heavy Claude usage among thousands of engineers (with individual monthly costs often hitting $500–$2,000), and GitHub is transitioning Copilot to usage-based billing with higher per-token rates starting June 1st.

The reality is good enough AI will expand and constantly get better removing the oxygen of the most expensive.

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

@Real_King_Elvis Good work bringing attention to this. I did a video on my youtube channel about these changes recently. Its been a slow burn but the final phases are about to be rolled out

[𝑵𝑼𝑳𝑳 @EightDollarPint]

My taxes funded this btw
I love paying tax

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

@asubparusername Why are the houses American looking then? Weird

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

@EBlackwell6280 @JohnRuddick2 Hilarious. Try telling any under the age of 25 this means anything to them. Theyve never experienced good Australian economics

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

Can you please show me why my content is censored under age verification policy when I am posting content for all ages?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

To give people confidence that we are not secretly manipulating the 𝕏 recommendations, it is critical that we open source anything that influences what people are shown

[Rhys Matthew @grhylln]

@KatKarena Thanks Kat! Always appreciate your reposts and comments.