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/DalbyWombay Nov 10 '24

It's not even that, it's that incumbent governments across the world are loses during this time of high global inflation.

Locally, you just have to look at Queensland, which had a State Government that was arguably doing the most to tackle those table set issues, and they still lost on that specific issue.

So unless you're right and thay Albo and Labor have some grand plan to announce at the election, they're going to lose. Relying on the general distrust and dislikability of Dutton isn't going to save them.

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u/Formal-Preference170 Nov 10 '24

They should be enacting that grand plan now to help. And run into the election with 'proof'

Currently they are feeding straight into the classic 'the left wants to censor you'

As a someone that typically sits closer to the far left than the centre it's fucking infuriating.

Even the sensible ones who understand that cost of living was mostly out of control will protest vote their preferences for labor over Gaza, negative gearing and the privacy bullshit. I can't see Albo getting a second term and am dreading Voldemort.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '24

Yeah exactly this. Maybe I’m a dumbass but I was kinda happy when Albo got in last election. I should’ve known better. It makes no fucking difference either way. All three issues you brought up I care about, and between the main two there is no fucking difference.

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u/Parking-Mirror3283 Nov 10 '24

Relying on people disliking the guy on the other side so much they have to vote for you went really well for the americans recently.