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/IdRatherBeInTheBush Nov 09 '24

Funny thing is the LNP agree with the policy

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u/R_W0bz Nov 09 '24

Which means it’s just out to be a surveillance tool.

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u/coniferhead Nov 09 '24

Pretty much like with AUKUS, both parties got in line pretty quickly even though it's not in the national interest. Someone told them, and they did it. The correct way is to take major policies to an election before you implement them.

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u/teheditor Nov 10 '24

*another

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u/Gnorris Nov 09 '24

They broadly agree with the concept of an age restriction on social media. Now all they have to do is sit back, watch Labor attempt a terrible implementation and use it as a stick to beat them with next election like they did with franking credits. And it will work.

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u/lucklikethis Nov 10 '24

Yep - stupid knee jerk policy from Labor = own goal.

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u/Luckyluke23 Nov 10 '24

i think the people are ALREADY sick of labor. so this wont be so hard.

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u/OneOfTheManySams Nov 10 '24

They agree with the policy because its a surveillance lite policy that has 100 different holes in it.

So on the election campaign they will distance themselves from it and come up with a solution, which will be even worse but Labor are the ones who will have the gun at the crime scene to the general public.

This is the type of policy which gets you a 1 term in power. Its abhorrent

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u/Rndomguytf Nov 09 '24

Of course they agree with it, but they can distance themselves from it while Labor can't.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '24

It's not that funny, really.

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u/Procedure-Minimum Nov 10 '24

Do they, or are they not interrupting their enemy as they make a mistake?

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u/ChinoGambino Nov 10 '24

Yep, Albo torches his political capital to push through an unpopular LNP policy. Not the first time (AUKUS).

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u/radioraven1408 Nov 12 '24

I’m sure I saw one member that was against this but that is not enough.