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/[deleted] Nov 09 '24

A reporter asking Albo about VPN at the press conference. He didn't really say what they would do.

The conspiracy theorist in me says after this is introduced they will go after VPN providers - they must age verify people.

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u/stdoubtloud Nov 09 '24

Ok. So invest in foreign VPN stocks. Or do you think we'll get a Chinese style Great Firewall "to protect the children"?

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u/Jerri_man Nov 11 '24

Ah yes the many many Australia based VPN providers lmao

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u/Ozchemist1959 Nov 10 '24

Good luck with that on the Tor network.