Australia bans YouTube accounts for users under 16, citing child safety risks. New rules take effect in December 2025.

The Australian government announced YouTube will be among the social media platforms that must ensure account holders are at ...

Australia plans to expand its existing social media laws to include a ban on minors under 16 having accounts on YouTube.

Australia has expanded its planned under-16 social media ban to include YouTube, reversing an earlier exemption for the ...

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Children will still be allowed to access YouTube but won't be allowed to create accounts, as the country said this is all ...

Communications Minister Anika Wells has announced YouTube’s inclusion in Labor’s social media ban for under-16s, reversing a prior exemption.

The video streaming service will be added to the country's world-first federal ban on social media for kids under 16, ...

Separately, YouTube said it is deploying age-estimation technology in the U.S. to determine if some users are underage.

There is continued consternation in Australia over the government’s decision to include YouTube in its online safety laws for social media.