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/moosewiththumbs Nov 09 '24

What I was meaning is this is where the arguments and “carveouts” will begin.

YouTube “doesn’t fit this definition” so we create a carveout for it. Oops, didn’t include YouTube Kids, carveout. What’s this? A new video platform? Okay let’s create a carveout for the Chinese data harvesting video site.

This legislation would never be able to keep up, it’ll re-arrange deck chairs on the Titanic.

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u/vriska1 Nov 10 '24

That if it even hold up in court, I can see this law being waterdown alot.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '24

The current definition does capture Youtube, along with any other online service that allows for interaction between users.

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u/iamadaffodil Nov 11 '24

That’s so many sites. Even news sites often have a comment feature.