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Australia regulator and YouTube spar over under-16s social media ban
Australia's internet watchdog and YouTube exchanged barbs on Tuesday after the regulator urged the government to reverse a planned exemption for the Alphabet-owned video-sharing platform from its world-first teen social media ban.
Australian regulator clashes with YouTube over first-ever teen social media ban exemption
Australia's internet regulator and Google's YouTube are in disagreement. The disagreement is over a proposed exemption for YouTube from a ban on social media for teenagers. The regulator urges the government to reverse its decision.
Australia considers inclusion of YouTube in government's social media ban
New laws set to come into force at end of this year, barring anyone age 16 or below from using platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and X - Anadolu Ajansı
eSafety boss wants YouTube in the social media ban, but AI raises even more concerns
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Australia’s online safety watchdog urges ban on YouTube for under-16s
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has urged the federal government to reconsider an exemption granted to YouTube in the country’s proposed social media restrictions for users under 16, setting up a public standoff between the national regulator and the Alphabet-owned platform.
Govt considers including YouTube in social media age ban
The federal government will consider backflipping on a special exemption it handed YouTube from the social media age ban after the eSafety Commissioner labelled it “inconsistent”.
Online watchdog urges YouTube for social media ban
YouTube should be included in a looming social media ban for children, the eSafety commissioner has warned, despite the platform being carved out of the world-first laws.
Australia's teen social media ban: Age verification tech “works," say trial organizers
Australia's proposed ban on under-16s using social media is gaining momentum as a government-backed trial indicates age-verification software is viabl
Australia regulator calls to add YouTube to under-16s social media ban
Australia is reviewing whether to expand its groundbreaking social media ban for under-16s to include YouTube, after the country’s internet safety regulator said the Google-owned video sharing website is where children suffer the most online harm.
Australia regulator calls to add YouTube to teen social media ban
SYDNEY -- Australia's internet safety commissioner said Tuesday that she has recommended the government include YouTube in its impending ban on children under 16 accessing social media, casting doubt on a previous exemption.
​YouTube clashes with Aussie regulator
SYDNEY, Australia ― Australia’s internet watchdog and YouTube exchanged barbs on Tuesday after the regulator urged the government to reverse a planned exemption for the Alphabet-owned video-sharing platform from its world-first teen social media ban.
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Expert resigns from teen social media ban tech trial advisory board over concerns
There's been some questions raised about the way that this trial was constructed,' said one of the trial's former stakeholder board advisory members.
Social media ban for children is ‘destined to fail’ unless parents address their own smart phone addiction, pyschologist warns
Australia will lead the world when it brings in the ban later this year. A psychologist who briefed the law said there’s only ...