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Labor’s social media ban will not benefit young people (www.greenleft.org.au)
submitted 1 month ago by maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone
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I know this has been covered but this is good analysis from a high school student.

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[-] quokka@aussie.zone 17 points 1 month ago

It's not meant to benefit young people. If it was they wouldn't have now explicitly excluded gambling ads from the act. Kids won't be able to access the fixtures page of their hockey club on Facebook, but can have Bet365 ads rammed down their throats. This act is not about protecting kids. It's a push to easily, accurately tie everyone's online presence to their myID.

[-] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

That's exactly right. I'm so fucking disappointed in this government. Over and over they fuck it up.

[-] No1@aussie.zone 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's because it's not why it was implemented.

Media Watch covered this.

It was driven by News Corp as payback since Meta stopped news articles and paying gravy to News Corp under the media bargaining agreement.

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