The Australian government announced 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 ...

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 Australian government has announced that YouTube will be included in new legislation that bans children under the age of 16 from using social media.

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 ...

YouTube was listed as an exemption in November last year when the Parliament passed world-first laws that will ban Australian children under 16 from social media platforms.

Australia will be including YouTube in its ban on social media for kids and younger teens. At first, the platform was considered an educational tool.

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 ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government announced YouTube will be among the social media platforms that must ensure account holders are at least 16-years-old from December ...