YouTube will auto-sign out all Australian users under 16 starting December 10 to comply with the new Social Media Minimum Age Act. Teenagers lose all account features: subscriptions, commenting, uploading, and parental controls. Google warns the ban will make teens less safe, while the Australian government says that's YouTube's problem to solve.

Google-owned YouTube highlighted Australia's pending under-16 social media ban would actually put young users at more risk.

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 ago on the popular video-sharing service. YouTube was ...

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Communications Minister Anika Wells said four-in-ten Australian children had reported viewing harmful content on YouTube, one of the most visited websites in the world. "We want kids to know who they are before platforms assume who they are," Wells said in ...

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”. The Australia YouTube 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 Wednesday the site, which is owned by Google’s parent ...