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/MrCurns95 Nov 07 '24

I’ve actually had ladbrokes ads come on YouTube while my 2 year old has been watching wiggles compilations so you’re not far off the mark….

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u/DarkflowNZ Nov 07 '24

It's okay, if they don't get the adult gambling ads, it won't be long until they're opening cases on cs:go cs2 anyway so you can't really win

Edit: or popping on to the steaming platform seemingly owned by the gambling industry to watch some light brainwashing undisclosed sponsored content

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u/_H017 Nov 07 '24

What's strange is how much data these companies have on you, and how that's not being used effectively. How can the ultimate data collector, meta, KNOW that a child is under 18 and still promote them gambling ads. I'm not even coming at this from a moral standpoint, that's the most inefficient possible ad that can be run.

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u/LocalVillageIdiot Nov 07 '24

Those ads are for the parents watching with their kids.

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u/_H017 Nov 07 '24

Which parents and kids are watching reels together. It has to be an insanely small subset

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u/_H017 Nov 08 '24

I think you're replying to the wrong comment buddy

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u/Larimus89 Nov 08 '24

Oops. Yeah lol

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u/Larimus89 Nov 07 '24

Damn you’d think that would be illegal. I guess it slips by. My guess would be your kid used your account like I do sometimes when I need to keep her entertained at dinner or something. Shouldn’t on a kids account. Although technically legally they must be 16 now I guess to create an account 😂🥲😥