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Government backflip on YouTube social media ban is one of Olympic proportions
The government's announcement this week that YouTube would be included in the teen social media ban is a political backflip of Olympic proportions, and its first since the election. They pulled it off with surprising grace, but no landing is perfect, writes Ange Lavoipierre.
The faces that gave urgency to the Minimum Age Law for Social Media, a global pioneer, are three parents whose teenage children took their lives after suffering pressure in digital environments. Read
Social media ban won't work on teens who don't know a world without it
The social media ban in Australia is the first of its kind for Western countries and could prove detrimental if it isn’t handled with care, says Jarryd Rowley. Photo: Michelle Kroll. Australia has become one of the first Western countries in the world to ban social media for kids under the age of 16. The move resulted in teenagers from across the country being barred from the likes of Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and TikTok – now YouTube is in …
YouTube is now covered by Australia's new law that prohibits children under the age of 16 from creating accounts on social media. The government justifies the decision by saying that the platform has contributed to harm among young users. It was in 2024 that the Australian government proposed a law on a lower age limit for social media. A large proportion of young people in the country use social media, and the proposal was part of an ongoing pa…
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