Submitted 3 days ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to australia@aussie.zone
Everything the federal government does is to the benefit of either Murdoch Media, the gambling empire, landlords or the mining industry.
I could also suggest that this ban was effected so Rupert could drive traffic to his news websites.
Seriously. Every law always benefits one of them.
Do you think many 12 year olds are visiting Rupert’s news sites ?
No, and Rupert wants to change that.
Nah, they’re watching Sky News on YouTube and tiktok
Very true
does not surprise me
2.5 years since the gambling report was handed down.
6 months is how long Parliamentary rules say Government has to respond to a report.
Still no response to any of its recommendations.
Social media isn’t a problem.
The incentives in our social and economic systems are the problem.
The rich want you to focus on anything besides the wealth inequality that causes almost all other problems
Kinda interesting that, if you think about it, every one of the villains win - politics look like they did something useful; gambling continues to show ads everywhere; big tech “loses” the more heavily regulated population of its services while gaining a free pass to implement whatever sort of real age verification they want, the same kind that porn sites are being forced to use on UK
Yes gambling gets a pass every time in this country. The only state where Greyhound racing is banned is ACT. Tas plans to phase it out by 2029
The SA premier (SDA supported ofcourse) was apparently influential in the push for national social media laws. He recently emailed parents of school kids to promote waitmate who are like a purity ring thing for mobile phones. Abstinence but for phones instead of sex.
Apparently they are based in a similar US org. Does anyone know who is behind it. I looked at the committee and it looks like two couples, one with a law firm connections and another in PR and someone else. Are they dodgy as well.
Just bought my tween a phone locked down ofcourse. I control the apps and contacts and content. I don’t know what these people are on. It’s another satanic panic.
Pretty sure you still see ads on YouTube when logged out. And maybe even less personalisation makes it default more to alcohol and gambling ads
They’re just as personalized. Google knows everything.
I wish it would advertise things I actually want and am looking for /hj
Oh please. Just because some assholes decided that the ban might be tangentially good for their business does not mean that the ban is not good.
This is exactly the false sense of security many ban critics warned about. Politicians and parents now think kids are magically “safe,” even though kids are trivially bypassing the ban. Meanwhile, the adults who might have educated those kids about online gambling risks—a problem that heavily targets teenage boys—now assume the government has handled it. Gambling ads stay up, kids stay online, and everyone pretends the problem is solved.
This assertion is completely unsupported. If this then that then that then that.
“Oh we couldn’t possibly do anything about the problems caused by social media because gambling ads are also a whole other problem which has not been addressed”.
But everyone with half a brain will acknowledge that it was very poorly implemented.
I reckon the Gambling Ads should still be banned.
Children are still hurt when mummy and daddy donate their entire paycheck to the Lloyd Williams retirement fund.
The implementation has been complained about ad nauseum. No need to re-hash the tired old arguments here. In 10 years time we’ll see how it’s worked out.
Of course gambling ads should be banned, but that’s not a reason not to ban social for kids.
The ban is not good though, any means of enforcing it completely undermines the concepts of online privacy and an open internet.
I couldn’t care less.
The war for an open internet and online privacy has been lost a long time ago.
Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. This is an imperfect solution to a huge problem, and if it mitigates the impact on the kids of today and tomorrow then so be it.
And it all clicks into place.
‘Social Media Account Ban’ kids can still browse and share a lot of harmful content on youtube etc.
Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 3 days ago
It just goes to show how out of touch politicians are.
As a parent of two primary schoolers. (Yeah yeah cliché qualifier) Things I’m more concerned about than social media: