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Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia's teen social media ban

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Re: Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia's teen social media ban

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Post by cassepipe »

johnisgood wrote: post #34
lm28469 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can use this train of thought to argue against laws in general, it doesn't sound like a very strong argument

Within this context, how? I do not think it can be used to argue against laws in general. Plus we have a lot of experiences now about it setting a precedent and them coming for your beloved websites. It is not even debatable today.

Laws tend to set precedents (that may be used to justify other laws)

Re: Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia's teen social media ban

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Post by XorNot »

energy123 wrote: post #28
throwaway48476 wrote: post #20

Children social media bans are just an excuse to deanonymize the internet so politicians can send the police after their critics. https://anzsog.edu.au/research-insights-and-resources/resear...

The ban is supported by a large majority of Australia according to polling, so this is democracy working as intended.

The OP isn't necessarily wrong though: the effect of the law is basically not well understood, hence the popularity.

It's a case of people not understanding what age verification means (you are collecting everyone's ID to do it) and/or nor caring because "they don't use that Internet".

There's going to be a lot whinging once a bunch of boomers and boomer-millennials see an age check prompt on Facebook.

Re: Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia's teen social media ban

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Post by XorNot »

Ekaros wrote: post #40
akimbostrawman wrote: post #6

Banned for the wrong reason. It's a cam girl site targeted at kids.

Pipeline to OF... And gambling... And extremist views on both sides... Actually I might ban anyone under say 25 from there...

The current Australian government looked into banning gambling advertising, consulted with the gambling lobby and decided not too.

They are a-ok with wall to wall sportsbet ads on football games. I'm sure no kids under 16 ever see those ...

Re: Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia's teen social media ban

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Post by lukan »

isolli wrote: post #42

I wonder what the reasoning can be to ban Twitch and TikTok but not YouTube. Because I highly doubt that YouTube will ever be banned. Yet YouTube has shorts and a devilish algorithm, just like TikTok.

"The Australian government has so far named ten platforms to be included in the ban: Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube, Reddit and streaming platforms Kick and Twitch. "

Why do you think it is not included?

Re: Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia's teen social media ban

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Post by sunaookami »

ares623 wrote: post #32
viktorcode wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This list indeed seems to be a random selection

Being a parent myself, the list is not random. The ones in the banned list deserve to be there. I would argue Youtube Kids needs to be banned too.

I thought YT Kids doesn't have comments? Watching videos etc is still possible with the ban.
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