Australia Considers Inclusion Of YouTube In Government's Social Media Ban
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with a displayed YouTube logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
ANKARA, June 24 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has recommended that YouTube be included in the government's social media ban for young people under the age of 16, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing local media on Tuesday.
Australia is expected to ban social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and Snapchat for teens, with the final decision to be made by the Communications Minister, local broadcaster SBS News reported.
In November last year, Australia became the first country in the world to pass a law banning children from social media.
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New laws are set to come into force at the end of this year, barring anyone aged 16 or below from using platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and X.
YouTube was initially exempted from the legislation, but Grant said the government should not name specific platforms as exclusions.
"Our recommendation was that no specific platform be exempted because the relative risks and harms can change at any given moment," Grant said, addressing the online harms faced by children and the upcoming implementation of the teen social media ban.
"I think any platform that says they are absolutely safe is absolutely spinning words," she observed while addressing the National Press Club.
This recommendation, she added, would not stop teachers from showing educational YouTube content while logged out of the platform.
Google, which owns YouTube, said the platform is used in classrooms across Australia, urging the government to allow young Australians to continue to access the platform.
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