Australia announces YouTube account ban for children under 16

Australia announces YouTube account ban for children under 16

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  2. It bans YT accounts for under 16. YT kids and watching videos without signing in is unaffected. So it only targets restricted videos requiring to be signed in to watch.

  3. This bans having accounts for under-16s so it really just eliminates commenting and stuff, they should ban advertising for under-18 to disincentivize the data collection, addiction and habit-forming tricks. All of which will persist, without accounts.

  4. > Flip open newspaper

    > read headline

    > 1984 return of the

  5. How about parents be charged with child neglect if they’re found to not have parental control on their devices instead.

  6. How will this work?

    Will they disable all AU accounts until the account holder proves they are over 16?

  7. Ah, doesn’t much matter when you just don’t login and can still view content. It’s honestly one of the most redundant things my country has ever done and one time, we declared war against Emus…

  8. “Are You Over 16?”

    [Yes][No]

    Problem solved

  9. And amusingly our influencers and content creators are forming a union and threatening to strike. Every cloud has a silver lining.

  11. austrialia keeps implementing authoritarian policies just like the uk and its bs

  12. They should ban and make drugs illegal as well…………

  13. Australia, land of censorship and over controlling its citizens.

  14. People voted for these politicians, now they can suffer the consequences of their ideologies.

  15. This feels like policy theatre. Pass something so people think we’re doing something about these big tech companies.

  16. From a guardian article:

    >A common misconception about the social media ban is that it will only apply to children. In order to ensure teenagers remain off social media, the platforms will need to check the ages of all user accounts in Australia.

    >How they will do that is not prescribed, but it will be informed by the outcome of the age assurance technology trial, the full report of which is due in August. The government has legislated that although ID checks can be one form of age assurance, it can’t be the only one accepted.

    >It is expected Australia will follow a similar path for age assurance that launched in the UK in July, which includes options such as:

    >Allowing banks and mobile providers to confirm a user is over 18

    >Asking site users to upload a photo that is then matched with photo ID

    >Use of facial age estimation technology

    Protect the children my ass. This is what governments seek in the first place. But one that opposes this would be accused of “wishing harm onto children”.

  17. I remember passing a couple of schoolkids in the library, crouched over a terminal behind the stacks, no more than 11 or 12 years old, creating their Facebook accounts. I mentioned it to the librarian, and she just sighed and shook her head. This was back in the 2000s. Pretty sure nothing has changed since, and never will.

  19. Why are loads of countries suddenly announcing batshit crazy censorship laws?

  21. Australia has had nanny state tendencies for decades. It’s cultural, as it is in the UK as well.

    They’re very ban-happy.

  22. How often do you need to put your ID in? And can you have more than one account per ID? I could set up a business selling my ID to activate accounts.

  23. Holding parents accountable so they use parental controls that are extremely easy to setup and already included with all ISPs and devices ❌

    Building a surveillance state, destroying digital freedoms, online privacy, access to information and censoring the entire internet ✅

  24. It’s a step in the right direction. I’m not sure how they can take it far enough to make a difference? But its good to see some places trying to do something.

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