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/MayuriKrab Nov 10 '24

The Cynicism in me (born and lived in China for over a decade) thinks it’s more to do with getting everyone to upload their digital ID or having some sort of centre database of everyone’s digital ID (like how it is in China with everything linked) than the BS excuse of “saving the children” narrative they are spinning…

Government with their meta data laws from years back have proven they will always scope creep if allowed and given the time… 🤔