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The Australian government announced that YouTube will be among the social media platforms that must ensure account holders are at least 16 years old from December, reversing a position taken months ...

YouTube on Wednesday attacked Australia's looming social media ban for under-16s as rushed, but the government called the policy a shield to protect children from "predatory" algorithms. From December ...

Australia has picked a fight with the world’s largest video platform by backtracking on an earlier promise to exclude YouTube in its social media ban for children under 16. The Labor government said ...

SYDNEY, July 30 (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the ...

Julie Inman Grant, Australia's eSafety Commissioner on September 25, 2023 Editor at Large In the early 1970s, Julie Inman Grant’s mother, Glenda, worked for the City of Seattle. One of her colleagues ...

SYDNEY, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Australia's government carved out an exemption for YouTube when it passed laws banning social media access for children under 16, but some mental health and extremism experts ...

YouTube will be included in Australia's social media ban for children under 16, as reported by Bloomberg. The country's Labor government said that the site will be subject to the same rules as other ...