This is a disappointing update to share. This law will not fulfill its promise to make kids safer online and will, in fact, make Australian kids less safe on YouTube,” the company said in a statement.

The global conversation about how social media affects the mental health of children and teens is intensifying, yet Australia has taken a leading initiative by pushing stricter regulations. By adding ...

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"Delaying children’s access to social media accounts gives them valuable time to learn and grow, free of the powerful, unseen forces of harmful and deceptive design features such as opaque algorithms ...

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 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 ...

YouTube said all Australian users under 16 would be automatically signed out on December 10. Video streaming giant YouTube on Wednesday attacked Australia's looming social media ban for under-16s, ...

SYDNEY, Australia — Australia will use landmark social media laws to ban children under 16 from video-streaming site YouTube, a top minister said Wednesday stressing the need to shield them from ...

Australia’s social media ban for teenagers under 16 has come into effect. The government has warned that it will slap hefty ...

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Google's YouTube said it will comply with Australia's social media ban for users aged under 16, as they will be locked out of their accounts starting Dec. 10. When signed out, users will not have ...