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Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by goopypoop on Thursday July 31, 2025 @12:34AM (#44742330)
"parent your kids" doesn't mean "ask youtube to be better", it means "teach your kids to choose better"
Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by baq on Thursday July 31, 2025 @03:11AM (#44743192)
It also means “trust, but verify“.
Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by goopypoop on Thursday July 31, 2025 @09:15AM (#44745314)
Censorship is not trust
Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by allarm on Thursday July 31, 2025 @11:24AM (#44746612)
Calling restrictions for kids “censorship” is just silly.
Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by goopypoop on Thursday July 31, 2025 @12:25PM (#44747224)
Removing undesirable information is literally censorship. For irony's sake, I'll adjust my comment for your sensibility:

Every restriction is a demonstration of a lack of trust.

Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by baq on Thursday July 31, 2025 @01:16PM (#44747796)
Censorship is quite strictly defined to be done by the government. Not allowing kids to watch anything they please is called parenting.
Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by goopypoop on Thursday July 31, 2025 @08:57PM (#44751922)
Incorrect.

Your first sentence is plain wrong and your second only begs the question. It's as if you're just trying to distract from the content of my comment with sheer semantic disingenuity. But maybe you missed my point so:

every check shows distrust

Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by baq on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:17AM (#44757189)
Do you even have kids
Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by johnnyanmac on Thursday July 31, 2025 @05:00AM (#44743742)
depends on the age range.

and that's the problem. I don't want Youtube's input aside from being a dumb pipe. I want them to hand me the remote so I can manage my feed.

Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by goopypoop on Thursday July 31, 2025 @09:34AM (#44745484)
> depends on the age range.

How's that?

Re:Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps... by johnnyanmac on Thursday July 31, 2025 @02:02PM (#44748315)
The older the kid, the less I'll filter their content. I'll make sure that a 5 year old only has specific channels to access. A 16 year old is more around a point where I'm only worried about scams and propaganda instead of finding a curse word in one video.