Australia wants 'minimally invasive' age checks under teen social media ban

Australia urged social media platforms on Tuesday to employ "minimally invasive" methods to check the age of users covered by its world-first teen social media ban, which take into account artificial ... Read More

YouTube to be included in Australia’s social media ban for children under 16

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 ... Read More

YouTube to Be Included in Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban

YouTube will be included in Australia’s social media ban for children under 16 years of age, an about-face by officials after the Google-owned video site had initially been left out of the legislation ... Read More

Australia to include YouTube in ban on child social media ban

July 30 (UPI) --The Australian government has announced that YouTube will be included in new legislation that bans children under the age of 16 from using social media. The Labor government announced ... Read More

Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption

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 ... Read More

Australia adds YouTube to social media ban for under 16s

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.Australia is banning ... Read More

Meta, YouTube, TikTok fight back as Australia's social media restrictions for teens draw closer

In brief: After approving plans to ban those aged under 16 from using social media last year, the Australian government is now considering which of the platforms should be included in the new law. In ... Read More

Australia expands its social media ban for teens to include previously exempted YouTube

In a bid to widen teen safety against harmful social media content, Australia on Wednesday included online video platform YouTube (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) on its list. The country had passed a law ... Read More

YouTube will be included in Australia's social media ban for children after all

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 ... Read More