Australia’s internet watchdog has said the world’s biggest social media firms are still “turning a blind eye” to online child ...

The Anthony Albanese government is set to add YouTube, which is owned by Google, to the list of apps banned for youths. The ...

Australia will require Google to ensure that children aged under 16 cannot sign up for YouTube accounts.

Australia broadens its teen social media restrictions by adding YouTube, aiming to curb online harms and protect minors from ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday announced that YouTube would be added to the list of social media ...

Australia includes YouTube in its under-16 social media ban after removing platform exemption. New rules target accounts ...

Last week, the Australian government declared war on 15-year-olds watching MrBeast. From December 2025, a world-first social ...

YouTube will be included in Australia's world-first social media ban for children after the government ditched a previous exemption for the platform. The video sharing site was set to be excluded from ...

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.

Australia is set to ban children from having an account on YouTube, reversing an earlier decision by the federal government ...

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 legislation ...