Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in world first

Re:Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in... by poolnoodle on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @06:30PM (#46225556)

The parts of the internet that are now banned for Australian teenagers are unlikely to change their lives in a positive way and much more likely to lead them into mental illness.

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Re:Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in... by whimsicalism on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @07:01PM (#46225866)

I taught myself advanced math as a middle schooler and high schooler on youtube, which is now illegal. Could they really not make it more targeted?

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Re:Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in... by skydhash on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @08:01PM (#46226322)

I taught myself programming, drawing, and 3d modeling on the internet. But it was on platforms like SiteDuZero and various forums. Even today, if you go on something like https://bbs.archlinux.org , it's very hard to land on something like the cesspool the homepage of YouTube and X can be.

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Re:Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in... by whimsicalism on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @09:11PM (#46226839)

there is lots of very good educational content that is only available on youtube.

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Re:Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in... by rustystump on Thursday December 11, 2025 @03:45AM (#46229049)

Behind the mountains of absolute brainrot. I agree. Yt has amazing content But the majority that trends is garbage

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Re:Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in... by whimsicalism on Thursday December 11, 2025 @10:28AM (#46232576)

well i’m sorry some kids (and adults) are idiots who enjoy brain rot, but i would have been pissed as a kid if the adults came for my intellectual communities because some kids are morons

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