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    1. Harry_Mud on

      That’s just stupid. Kids know about VPNs and will use them………and there is nothing Australia can do about it.

    2. jumboslojo on

      Good job Australia. Save your children’s development from those parasites. Respect.

    4. I_make_switch_a_roos on

      i had access to rotten.com when i was a kid and turned out fine

    5. Shadow_Breaker on

      If the parents are the problem by not parenting their children then address that. If the algorithms that harm children are the problem then address that. Making every single adult give identifying information to the business that runs said harmful algorithms, or to another business they outsourced age verification to, is not the solution. All of these laws are a blatant giveaway to any business that deals with data and/or AI technology. And why are we telling people to trust these businesses with their personal information when these are the very same ones that were doing all of the harm to begin with?

    6. Sid_44 on

      Excellent move. YT is up there on brain rot list. Especially doom scrolling behaviour 

    7. Ok-Journalist-8618 on

      Youtube has brought it on themselves. I have reported multiple posts for vulgar racist statements and they usually don’t do a thing about it. If you report an account as being someone taking someone else’s ID then you might as well be urinating into the wind! Couldn’t happen to a more deserving company in my opinion.

    9. the_walking_kiwi on

      They should follow what they did for the cigarette packs. 

      Throw up a picture of Donald Trump in the White House with a message ‘Social Media Causes Oppression’ 

    10. Sid_44 on

      The problem with gray matter going bad is you don’t realise how bad your brain has gone because it’s your brain and you use it to analyse your own brain. Brain rot and degeneration of intellectual intelligence is real and its happening.

    11. Keira-78 on

      YouTube is of course social media, but it’s also incredibly important as a tool

    12. Festering-Fecal on

      This isn’t and never was about the kids.

      They are expanding control and censorship and they know this method won’t work but they are going to use this as a excuse to go for more draconic methods like a ID to connect to the Internet at all and possibly a VPN ban.

      Sadly it’s looking like other countries are moving in this direction and it’s simply because the Internet is one of the last places people can speak freely and governments hate that because they can’t control it.

    13. thebigRootdotcom on

      Most of Australia thinks this is stupid and a complete waste of time but you know, let’s create more laws and nerd the world ao in turn as Australians we can ignore it and crack on with our lives

    14. bellend1991 on

      woohoo! Kick those shits off the web! Being on the downvotes you dweebs.

    16. dysonsnomen on

      So even the progressive left is as regressive as the conservative right. They just use different reasons to come to the same conclusion. Control over you and what you consume.

    17. corkas_ on

      So its just a coincidence that UK implemented this last week and not people conspiring across the anglosphere to erode our rights?

    19. Quezare on

      FYI because literally no one wants to read the article, the ban is on YouTube ACCOUNTS. YouTube will still be accessible, kids under 16 just won’t be able to create an account and therefore can’t comment or view age restricted videos.

    20. SelarDorr on

      i find youtube to be a great source of knowledge when used the right way.

      i also see my younger family members consume some crazy shit on youtube that they dont even realize. some of it being russian propaganda in the form of cartoons, and some stuff that would just be midly disturbing in general, but the fact that its in a video marketed to kids and fed to them in the algorithm makes it much more disturbing.

      to me the legislation feels like overreach, but fuck im not australian, and if this incentivizes yt to moderate their content in a more meaningful way than they are now, i guess id be happy.

      and interesting point in the article

      „a survey that found 37% of minors reported harmful content on the site, the worst showing for a social media platform.“

      notably, this is reported by minors themselves.

    21. IndividualActive6141 on

      I have a 13 year- old- son. I have given him a basic phone to use. That was difficult but he’s coping with it. 

      But getting him to stop using YouTube all the bloody time has been the source of about 90% of our arguments and is nigh impossible. This move will be most welcome in our house. 

    23. Splinterfight on

      Good that they’re doing something but I’d rather not trust social media companies with private documents. Would be better if there was some kind gov portal included in login that just gave a over/under 16 response

    24. ProcrastinatingPr0 on

      Man I can’t imagine YouTube getting banned when I was a teenager. I learned so much including building PCs and a bunch of other tech stuff that has helped me with my job today. How about parents be parents and teach your kids? This just removes the responsibility of raising kids from the parents. I mean if you’re not capable of doing that or don’t have the time then don’t have kids.

    25. bwoah07_gp2 on

      These laws being passed by Australia, the UK, and portions of the USA are just terrible. There’s zero reasons for anyone to be forking over government ID just to use social media. The issue with the young generation is bad educating and bad parenting and regulating over social media. The government shouldn’t be interfering in this.

    26. stainless5 on

      I’m generally supportive of this ban but I believe they’re going about it the wrong way. 

      I believe most people are supportive they just don’t want another way for their identity to be stolen. If the government wants this to work they should set up a system themselves that acts like a pass key on the device and the only thing the website or app gets is yes or no. Technically the government could track what websites you go on to with this system by looking at what website requests the yes or no but your ISP  already has that information and you could get around both of those problems with a VPN. 

      I feel like forcing the websites themselves to do this checking it’s just the wrong way to go about it. Private businesses will always pick the cheapest option and sometimes that means the lowest security. 

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