Australia has reversed a decision that omitted YouTube from its ban on social media platforms for teenagers. A youth social media law will come into effect starting in December. "Young people under ...

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 ...

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 ...

Australia YouTube Ban: Australia will no more allow children under 16 years of age to be present on YouTube, a top minister said on Wednesday, citing the need to shield them from “predatory algorithm” ...

Officials in Australia had previously indicated they would exempt YouTube from the ban, which prohibits people under 16 from having social-media accounts. SYDNEY—Australia said it will include YouTube ...

SYDNEY – Australia’s push to ban children from social media is well-intentioned but will not make them safer online, video-streaming giant YouTube warned on Oct 13. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in ...

SYDNEY, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Google's YouTube shared a "disappointing update" to millions of Australian users and content creators on Wednesday, saying it will comply with a world-first teen social media ...

Australian teenagers under age 16 will be barred from making YouTube accounts, in an expansion of the country’s world-first ban on social media for young people. The decision comes after the country’s ...