Australian Government is going to ban Youtube and Online Gaming for Under 16s

[PKantos]

This goes hand in hand with a misinformation bill they are trying to pass through the senate.

The Australian Government are trying to basically ban under 16s from any thing social from the internet including online games, you tube, social media platforms, even roblox, reddit and discord.
The only way to enforce this is requiring everyone to prove who they are with their real world identity.
They are also trying to stop VPNs as well from circumventing this.

It's not about kids, its about introducing a digital id they can link to your real world identity so if you post something critical about the current government they can track and fine or arrest you.

It is entirely a parents responsibility to control their kids social media and gaming, not the governments.

This is bad for every single person in Australia, left or right, young or old.

Its likely going to take international outrage to stop this.

https://press-start.com.au/news/2024/11/08/online-gaming-platforms-and-youtube-will-also-seemingly-be-banned-for-aussies-under-16/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-08/how-the-age-minimum-for-social-media-will-work/104571790

[Mickk]

Messaggio originale di PKantos:

This goes hand in hand with a misinformation bill they are trying to pass through the senate.

The Australian Government are trying to basically ban under 16s from any thing social from the internet including online games, you tube, social media platforms, even roblox, reddit and discord.
The only way to enforce this is requiring everyone to prove who they are with their real world identity.
They are also trying to stop VPNs as well from circumventing this.

It's not about kids, its about introducing a digital id they can link to your real world identity so if you post something critical about the current government they can track and fine or arrest you.

It is entirely a parents responsibility to control their kids social media and gaming, not the governments.

This is bad for every single person in Australia, left or right, young or old.

Its likely going to take international outrage to stop this.

https://press-start.com.au/news/2024/11/08/online-gaming-platforms-and-youtube-will-also-seemingly-be-banned-for-aussies-under-16/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-08/how-the-age-minimum-for-social-media-will-work/104571790

I find this hilarious and I think the OP is trying to scaremonger a reaction. I think there is so much understanding missing here.

People think they are hiding with a VPN and I think they are fooling themselves with that idea. A VPN may help a lazy person feel as though they are hiding something but in reality they are not hiding anything. Why is it that VPN's will stop working sometimes and the user finds they have to swap to a different VPN to continue to 'hide'. There is no hiding on the internet from those that know how it works and can use the tools properly. I have a little internal chuckle with myself when people talk to me about the anonymity they get with their VPN.
The 'authorities' just log this information and will use it at their discretion.

I think the law changes are great (Yes, I'm Australian. Yes, I'm old enough this will not effect me). The changes won't actually amount to much in the first place but it is a place to start. They will change and refine the laws once they are in place. Get set if your a parent of a youngster effected by this, something tells me liability will fall to the parents.

I don't really think it's about the kids, I think it's more about the parents. If the parents would ... parent this would not be as much of an issue. We have a thing we refer to as a 'pub test' in Australia and I have always likened it to 'would you get away with doing that down at the pub without getting your head knocked off' kind of thing. Some of the things being typed online would not pass the 'pub test' and the only reason they get away with it is because the person they are abusing does not know how to effectively deal with the abuse.

We might find it's not the company's that block their product from Australia but rather Australia that blocks all of that company's internet presence form Australia.

[Fuki (she/they)]

This is insanely based.

[Fuki (she/they)]

Messaggio originale di Fuki (he/she):

This is insanely based.

Nevermind, I thought this was something COPPA-style. This is deranged.

[I'm_Tired]

From parent POV, I would rather my kids to play video games than go out unsupervised and risk getting influenced by the wrong people or hit by full of distracted drivers out there.

In the 90s and 2000s, everyone played consoles, handhelds and no one was addicted to anything. We all grew up fine. There were way less cars on roads so you didn’t have to worry especially when you know they weren’t distracted by smartphones which didn’t exist.

Enforcing regulations on the biggest culprit aka Tik Tok, Instagram, Twitter and p0rn sites is all they need.

[Fuki (she/they)]

Messaggio originale di Fuki (he/she):

Messaggio originale di Fuki (he/she):

This is insanely based.

Nevermind, I thought this was something COPPA-style. This is deranged.

Although i'm not sure what the "even" is for. A Discord ban for under 16s would be based asf especially, considering all of the groomers on there

[Coinkydink]

I approve of the sentiment but of course this is another bunch of politicians out of touch with how the internet works and just talking out of their behind to please their voters, as always.

The company that owns Youtube is called Google and Google is a CIA shell company, so they would really need to escalate their game so as to actually remove Youtube from the internet.

[someone]

ig china has something law similar too right?

[Mickk]

Messaggio originale di nagu_al:

I approve of the sentiment but of course this is another bunch of politicians out of touch with how the internet works and just talking out of their behind to please their voters, as always.

The company that owns Youtube is called Google and Google is a CIA shell company, so they would really need to escalate their game so as to actually remove Youtube from the internet.

Oh Alphabet thou art callous.
The CIA might be watching but I really don't think they own Google, I wonder who does and how that has anything to do with Australia.

[Fuki (she/they)]

Messaggio originale di nagu_al:

I approve of the sentiment but of course this is another bunch of politicians out of touch with how the internet works and just talking out of their behind to please their voters, as always.

The company that owns Youtube is called Google and Google is a CIA shell company, so they would really need to escalate their game so as to actually remove Youtube from the internet.

^

[Mickk]

Messaggio originale di ~~~~:

ig china has something law similar too right?

Not sure what exactly goes on there but I think they all have an issued ID they use for internet access so in that way they can not hide from their online activity.
That would be very difficult to implement in Australia (or the US).

[Coinkydink]

Messaggio originale di buggy fan:

IP ban would cause a country wide backlash. 18+ will riot for not having access to online stuff they regularly visit/play.

lol, no they won't. "Online stuff " is not esential to life.

[Coinkydink]

Messaggio originale di Mickk:

Oh Alphabet thou art callous.
The CIA might be watching but I really don't think they own Google, I wonder who does and how that has anything to do with Australia.

Where did Google get the money, permits and resources to within a few years take over the internet and provide lightning fast searches? The massive warehouses full of servers? The permission by governments around the planet to photograph almost everything from both the air and street level?

[Mickk]

Messaggio originale di nagu_al:

Messaggio originale di Mickk:

Oh Alphabet thou art callous.
The CIA might be watching but I really don't think they own Google, I wonder who does and how that has anything to do with Australia.

Where did Google get the money, permits and resources to within a few years take over the internet and provide lightning fast searches? The massive warehouses full of servers? The permission by governments around the planet to photograph almost everything from both the air and street level?

Google started in 1996 not yesterday and this year they have a revenue of 88 Billion (To March) so I think they are pretty set for money. Money talks as they say.

[Andi]

Messaggio originale di Mickk:

Messaggio originale di ~~~~:

ig china has something law similar too right?

Not sure what exactly goes on there but I think they all have an issued ID they use for internet access so in that way they can not hide from their online activity.
That would be very difficult to implement in Australia (or the US).

China's internet surveillance is more or less the same as anywhere else... most online platforms require a phone number to make an account, and then you're asked to enter a phone number which is registered using your ID. Most countries have this, not just china.

[Freqsync]

Messaggio originale di AustrAlien2010:

Damn, I knew that religion we've founded would bite people in the arse one day. (AustrAliens believe that in-game "frags" made by you are the equivalent of kills. And anything else that you consciously do in-game is something that you actually do in real life on a spiritual level.)



Point is, some of these game achievements are hardly events worth writing home about. Why would you want the parents involved in what you do in-game?

First, does it cause you to refrain from pushing buttons? Always take the stairways. No usage of a blender. Microwaves have to be knob. Never know if that as body mind a spirit as one causality..casualty,,,,how casual of a concept.

Second Parents who let kids go on field trips where things go awry all the time. Adults who believe teenagers at 13 is a fully grown adult and has everything coming to them for words stated when they were not? The whole of down at the pub thing is strangers gathering? Wild west at noon for anything ridicules even if someone just has a cruel laugh.

thought police wrapping is don't buy in to reading something they think its stuck in endless loop of this is how to bake a potato.
So do like potatoes, boiled, smashed, loafed, fried, baked, double baked. . .etc