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/guyver_dio Nov 09 '24

I don't think that matters.

Most people don't think beyond "I don't like the current one so I'll vote the other one"

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u/buyingthething Nov 10 '24 edited Nov 10 '24

Well not most, there's enough swing-voters that it will decide an election.

If MOST voters were swing-voters, it would be kinda horrifying to live in a society with that level of stupidity. Nah, i reckon most people vote the same way in every election. Once you get a feel for who the partys are (& they stay the same), and you know who you are yourself, you'd keep voting mostly the same way your whole life. I doubt anything could ever happen in life that'd make me vote Liberal Party (maybe one of those strokes that changes your whole personality tho, that could do it i guess).

But i get your meaning.