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YouTube will be included in the first ban on social media in Australia for children under 16, after the government has abandoned the pre -release of the platform.
The video sharing site was expelled from the ban – which will limit Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, X and Snapchat and should start in December.
According to the ban, teenagers will still be able to view video from YouTube, but will not be allowed to have an account required to download the contents or platform interaction.
YouTube – belonging to Google – claimed it should not be blocked for children, as the platform “offers the benefits and value for young Australians”: “This is not social media,” the statement said on Wednesday.
Global leaders are watching the laws of Australia with great interest, and Norway announces a similar prohibition, and the UK states that the next lawsuit is being considered.
“Social media cause social harm to our children, and I want Australian parents to know that we have a back,” said Prime Minister Anthony Albonez on Wednesday in the media.
“We know that this is not the only decision,” he said about the ban, “but it will matter.”
ESAFETY Australian Commissioner Julie Iman Grant Last month recommended adding YouTube to the ban, as it was “most commonly cited platform” where children between the ages of 10 and 15 saw “harmful content”.
Following the announcement of the Wendezda press, YouTube said he would “consider the following steps” and “continue” with the government.
Last week, several Australian media reported that Google threatened to sue the government when the ban was included in YouTube, claiming it would restrict political freedom.
Federal Communications Minister Anika Wells said while there is a place for social media, “there is no place for predatory algorithms aimed at children.”
She described attempts to protect children from the internet harm as “how” to teach children to swim in the open ocean with breaks and sharks compared to the local council pool. “
“We cannot control the ocean, but we can police sharks, so we will not intimidate the legal threats if it is a real struggle for the well -being of children in Australia,” she said.
Exceptions with the ban will include “Internet games, messaging, education and health” as they “create less damage in social media under 16,” Wells said.
According to the prohibition, technology companies can fine up to $ 50 million ($ 32.5 million. They will need to deactivate existing accounts and prohibit any new accounting, as well as stop any work and bug fixes.
More about how a new ban will work, should be represented by the Federal Parliament on Wednesday.
