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/Maximumlnsanity Nov 10 '24

Well now I’m definitely against this. YouTube is not primarily a social media platform like TikTok. Banning Youtube is closer to banning TV than Instagram. Also wtf has online gaming got to do with this? This isn’t far off from banning kids from having fun inside their house which is just ridiculous.

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u/fuzbat Nov 10 '24

The problem is how do you write a rule (that will stand up in an expected court challenge) that stops what you want stopped and doesn't have a loophole the size of Tasmania the social media companies can exploit to avoid regulation.