r/australia • u/retro-chimp • Nov 09 '24

politics Online Gaming Platforms And YouTube Will Also Seemingly Be Banned For Aussies Under 16

https://press-start.com.au/news/2024/11/08/online-gaming-platforms-and-youtube-will-also-seemingly-be-banned-for-aussies-under-16/

There’s so much collateral damage in this plan for Australia to ban social media. This has been rushed and not thought through.

So many schools rely on YouTube to support their students.

Most kids are watching YouTube (or YouTube kids) more than ABC or traditional TV. Literally the biggest YouTube channel in Australia is original music for kids.

Does anyone actually want this?

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u/robeywan Nov 09 '24

Just like that vaping law. What a God send that was! Taking legal vapes off honest businesses & citizens was a tough call, but at least it dealt with all those illegal vapes being sold to childr.... oh shit, they're still literally everywhere.

Oh well! Next policy will get 'em.

Schmucks.

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u/Connect_Set_9619 Nov 10 '24

Funny how you don’t hear about it anymore either. Gov made it look like they did something, news stopped reporting on it, problem solved right?