SYDNEY--Australia said it will include YouTube in its social-media ban for young teenagers, reopening a debate over how best to regulate social media and reduce online harms.

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.

Act on 29 November 2024. The law bans social media account access for those aged below 16 from this December. Violations can ...

YouTube will be included in Australia’s social media ban for children under 16 years of age, an about-face by officials after ...

Peak communications consumer body ACCAN has strongly welcomed the Australian Government's decision to extend the social media ban for children under ...

The decision means under-16s will not be allowed to have active YouTube accounts or subscribe to YouTube channels when the ...

Australia's federal government has decided to include YouTube accounts in its ban on access to social media for those under ...

YouTube, owned by Google, has threatened to sue if it were included in the ban to stop children under 16 on a range of social ...

Children aged under 16 will be banned from holding a YouTube account at the end of this year after the federal government ...

A BBC legend has revealed he made a documentary that was so disturbing it was banned for 20 years. Michael Aspel is best ...

YouTube will be captured in the social media ban for children under 16. Follow live as we bring you all the news from Australia and beyond.