Online Safety Act UK Jul 2025

[Crassmeister]

meanwhile, in Australia

Australia Completely Loses The Plot, Plans To Ban Kids From Watching YouTube

Last fall, heavily influenced by Jonathan Haidt’s extremely problematic book, Australia announced that it was banning social media for everyone under the age of 16. This was already a horrifically …

www.techdirt.com

 

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meanwhile, in Australia

Australia Completely Loses The Plot, Plans To Ban Kids From Watching YouTube

Last fall, heavily influenced by Jonathan Haidt’s extremely problematic book, Australia announced that it was banning social media for everyone under the age of 16. This was already a horrifically …

www.techdirt.com

Good lord, @Likeicare, what has happened to your country?

 

[Likeicare]

what has happened to your country?

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1748

 

[finlaypatrickduffill]

That doesn't read like they're restricting access to social media outright

 

[Call Me Tim]

Its ok theyre only on the other side of the city

Wait until they discover public transportation.

Idk, does it matter. Its a dumb law and everyone including the government knows that

But that's the point. They passed it anyway. They'll be eager to prove it works.

 

[Likeicare]

That doesn't read like they're restricting access to social media outright

Social media in australia wont be restricted either?

 

[Likeicare]

They'll be eager to prove it works.

No they wont

 

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1748

No, I asked what has happened to YOUR country? Your country is BANNING social media for anyone under the age of 16.

The US bill has simply been proposed (it hasn’t passed the House or Senate) and it does not call for the banning of social media for teens.

 

[finlaypatrickduffill]

For some reason I thought you were linking the Australian bill
Even after clicking through it and reading it I thought it was an Australian government site
I'm pretty stupid hey

 

[finlaypatrickduffill]

Jesus Christ
I keep reading through things I've said and I divulge necessary revisions each time. This is all I can tell has gone awry at the moment, but I'm going to come back to this sentence tomorrow and find an additional 20 things wrong with it. I've never been smart but I never expected such a sharp decline in my mental acuity

 

[Likeicare]

Your country is BANNING social media for anyone under the age of 16.

Theyre not though

 

[Likeicare]

Why are you so upset at the idea of under 16s not being on social media anyway

 

[lurk]

supposedly, some kid cant use his nvidia app because he's underage.

also, uk gov talks about banning vpns.

 

[lurk]

it's totally (((cohencidental))) that the (((mexican president))) has just recently rolled out collections of biometric data.

 

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Theyre not though

Apparently they are .

Why are you so upset at the idea of under 16s not being on social media anyway

The ban includes youtube which hosts useful things like Complexly, Khan Academy, Mark Rober, and plenty of other educational content that kids love. It’s much better that kids have access to content on YT instead of being gatekept by the Leftists who want them watching biased nonsense on tv.

Kids are learning calculus from 3Blue1Brown, exploring history through Crash Course, and getting better science education from YT creators than from most traditional textbooks. This isn’t just entertainment - it’s democratized education that bypasses the gatekeeping of traditional media entirely.

 

[Likeicare]

Apparently they are .


The ban includes youtube which hosts useful things like Complexly, Khan Academy, Mark Rober, and plenty of other educational content that kids love. It’s much better that kids have access to content on YT instead of being gatekept by the Leftists who want them watching biased nonsense on tv.

Kids are learning calculus from 3Blue1Brown, exploring history through Crash Course, and getting better science education from YT creators than from most traditional textbooks. This isn’t just entertainment - it’s democratized education that bypasses the gatekeeping of traditional media entirely.

All thats going to happen on youtube for under 16s on regular content is they wont be able to view or make comments

 

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All thats going to happen on youtube for under 16s on regular content is they wont be able to view or make comments

Who will define what “regular content” is? The politicians?

 

[Likeicare]

Who will define what “regular content” is? The politicians?

Youtube already restricts videos from non signed in users retard