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Teens React to Australia’s Social Media Ban

YouTube Exemption From Australian Teen Social Media Ban Opposed by Regulator
Australia’s online regulator called on the government to reverse its controversial exemption for YouTube from a social media ban for under-16s, an unusual intervention that echoes similar pleas from rival platforms including Facebook and TikTok.
Australia regulator and YouTube spar over under-16s social media ban
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 world-first teen social media ban.
eSafety Commissioner says YouTube should not be exempt from Australia's under-16s social media ban
Currently, YouTube is called out as an exemption in the rules, something the previous Minister defended, but there's been no clear justification for the exemption.
Australia mulls adding YouTube to social media ban
The Australia government is considering adding YouTube to the country's first-of-its-kind ban on children using social media.
Australia regulator calls to add YouTube to teen social media ban
SYDNEY -- Australia's internet safety commissioner said Tuesday that she has recommended the government include YouTube in its impending ban on children under 16 accessing social media, casting doubt on a previous exemption.
Online watchdog urges YouTube for social media ban
YouTube should be included in a looming social media ban for children, the eSafety commissioner has warned, despite the platform being carved out of the world-first laws.
Govt considers including YouTube in social media age ban
The federal government will consider backflipping on a special exemption it handed YouTube from the social media age ban after the eSafety Commissioner labelled it “inconsistent”.
Expert resigns from teen social media ban tech trial advisory board over concerns
There's been some questions raised about the way that this trial was constructed,' said one of the trial's former stakeholder board advisory members.
Australia social media teen ban software trial organisers say the tech works
Some age-checking applications collect too much data and no product works 100% of the time, but using software to enforce a teenage social media ban can work in Australia, the head of the world's biggest trial of the technology said on Friday.
Australia says its ‘technically feasible’ to age-gate social media.
The preliminary findings of Australia’s Age Assurance Technology Trial “didn’t find a single ubiquitous solution” for the country’s incoming social media ban for under-16s, but trial director Tony Allen said there’s little stopping services like Facebook,
“They’ll Find a Way Around It”: Teens React to Australia’s Social Media Ban
But starting this December, teens under the age of 16 in Australia might be locked out of their favorite platforms. That’s because the government wants to ban them from using so
Australia’s under-16 social media ban: Age verification hurdles tested, Apple introduces new protections for kids – Tech Insider
As Australia’s social media ban for under-16s looms, a preliminary report says there are “no significant technological ...
E-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says YouTube exemption should be removed from under-16s social media age ban
E-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has called on YouTube to be included in the under-16s social media ban, which is set ...
Social media ban for children is ‘destined to fail’ unless parents address their own smart phone addiction, pyschologist warns
Australia will lead the world when it brings in the ban later this year. A psychologist who briefed the law said there’s only ...