[BakaTensei]

Some people seem to think its the government trying to control the flow of language (in the comments section) =S sounds silly to me

It seems they are just trying to let the younger generation learn kanji that are already being used due to the popularity of mobiles phones, computers and the internet. I can't really say much else due to me not being at all great at kanji (although I look forward to the frustration and fullfillment feelings) I can understand why some people are annoyed as it is giving them more information to get their heads around but all in all I'd say we never stop learning throughout life anyways even in language (such as slang terms and popular phrases)