Comment on YouTube to be included in Australia’s social media ban for children under 16

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throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

The expression “it takes a village to raise a child” applies here. It’s impossible for a parent to be with their child at all times. Children aren’t always at home, and a lot of parents suck, don’t care, or are just misinformed. YouTube is available everywhere, including at schools and libraries. Look at it like smoking. We recognize that cigarettes are dangerous and cause cancer, therefore children can’t buy them. Social media companies - and let’s stop pretending YouTube isn’t social media, it very much is - are today’s big tobacco. They need regulated, and not doing so it’s causing tremendous societal harm.

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