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Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by JJMcJ on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @01:37PM (#44737183)
Do you want mere children exposed to David Attenborough and Mister Rogers?
Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by Arubis on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @02:17PM (#44737704)
Can’t speak for the Aussies, but if you’re a US-inflected conservative today, probably not!
Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by CoastalCoder on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @04:18PM (#44739025)
I wish people wouldn't conflate conservatives per se with the Republican/MAGA definition of that term.

I consider myself somewhat conservative in the traditional sense, and yet the Republican platform is almost diametrically opposed to my values.

Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by mc32 on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @02:23PM (#44737779)
Oh, is that the majority of their content, traditional educational content? I must be mistaken in thinking they were funneling their audience into “shorts” and that kids obviously naturally recoil from “shorts” as much as they do green veggies and chores…