And Pornhub will be excluded from social media restrictions... Why, exactly?
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Because its a website, not a social media platform. Besides, its the parents' jobs to police what their children are doing. All these bootlickers claiming to be conservative but want Uncle Sam to do their most important job for them....seems a lil inconsistent.
Nah, it's a social media platform. Not only are you allowed to upload non-explicit content, IE there are gaming lets-plays of otherwise SFW games, the platform has a very active commenting section.
If those criteria are good enough for Youtube to be blocked for underaged viewers on the basis that social media harms them, Pornhub meets the exact same criteria.
Also, not America.
There are already laws that are supposed to make it harder for minors to access pornographic content are there not? Why does it need to be regulated twice?
To be clear, I am not of the opinion that the Australian bill is something that needs passed to protect muh kids or what have you. I am merely pointing out the hypocracy of Youtube being regulated as a social media platform, but not Pornhub, despite Pornhub having very similar features as Youtube, the only difference being the focus of content.
As an aside, if Australia's Pornhub is anything like the US's, a "Yes, I am 18" button shouldn't fly. If one can't just proclaim to be of legal age for alcohol, tobacco, etc and must prove their age, why should online pornography be any different?
It's to introduce digital Id into Australia and using the excuse to "protect the children" to do it. It has nothing to do with actually protecting children, hence IT IS inconsistent.
The Oz gov is using kids as an excuse to track us all. We all need to upload evidence of who we are to access the internet
So youtube is a social media platform, and yet pornhub isn't?
i don't really feel like yt is either.
Well, let's not go down the "feel" rabbit hole, because that's what liberals use in their arguments.
By definition, any platform that you can upload your media to: video, photo, text falls under the category. Even if you have a social profile of yourself, hence the term, social media.