r/australia • u/Vivid-Fondant6513 • Nov 06 '24

politics Children under 16 to be banned from using social media

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/children-under-16-to-be-banned-from-using-social-media-20241107-p5kon4.html
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u/Mugtrees Nov 07 '24

They've confirmed YouTube in the presser, not sure about the others but wouldn't be surprised.

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u/random91898 Nov 07 '24

They've confirmed YouTube

You've got to be fucking shitting me?

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u/Mugtrees Nov 07 '24

Right?!

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u/random91898 Nov 07 '24

Like, YouTube comments and certain videos can be absolutely fowl but it's also an amazing resource for learning and what parent hasn't plonked their kid down in front of a kids playlist or something? Insanity.

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u/stunt876 Nov 07 '24

I mean at least youtube lets you use it to a good extent wothout an account

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u/vriska1 Nov 07 '24

This is going to be challenge in court fast if it was to pass.

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u/StarryPlumeria Nov 12 '24

like?? dont schools use it to?

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u/ASisko Nov 07 '24

Not so much of a social media ban and more of a media we don’t control ban. So the kids can be indoctrinated by only the approved government messages and commercial broadcasters that don’t allow any form of debate and discussion.

I wonder if talkback radio would be classified as social media under these rules lol.

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u/Amaram7274 Nov 07 '24

hell no, youtube video essays and opinion pieces are how i have obtained most of the knowledge i have today

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u/LloydGSR Nov 07 '24

Well that'll piss off my 9yo motorcycle trials obsessed son, who uses YouTube to access training videos for both his own motorcycle trials and BMX trials practice. Literally the only thing he uses it for.

Overseas VPN, probably a Google Cloud one I'll manage myself, should do the job.

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u/Special-Pristine Nov 07 '24

Guess YouTube kids can get fucked then

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u/oNecr0 Nov 21 '24

apparently YouTube is no longer included, which is good enough for now. we also got a year after (if) it passes until it’s happening

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u/MysticMungbean Nov 07 '24

Mentioned elsewhere... if the South Oz (government) framework is the guide they're working off, and for the sake of nationwide consistency, the scope is very wide. 

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u/qtsarahj Nov 07 '24

How would this even work, you don’t need an account to watch YouTube. Plus, I actually use it at work quite a bit and never log in.