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 ...

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 ...

Julie Inman Grant, Australia's eSafety Commissioner on September 25, 2023 Editor at Large In the early 1970s, Julie Inman Grant’s mother, Glenda, worked for the City of Seattle. One of her colleagues ...

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. "Young people under ...

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 on ...

The Australian government has now included YouTube in its upcoming social media ban for users under 16, after previously planning to leave it out. This puts YouTube in the same regulatory bracket as ...

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 ...

Australian teenagers under age 16 will be barred from making YouTube accounts, in an expansion of the country’s world-first ban on social media for young people. The decision comes after the country’s ...

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 Alphabet-owned video-sharing site and ...

Australia said on Wednesday it will include Alphabet-owned YouTube in its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the video-sharing platform. Australia's ...