YouTube to be included in social media ban for under 16s after exemption reversed
YouTube is set to be included in the social media ban for under 16s, after the government previously flagged it could be exempt. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore )
YouTube will be included in the list of platforms forced to bar users under the age of 16 from having accounts under the government's world-leading social media ban.
Details of how the laws will be implemented are set to be presented to parliament on Wednesday, with the ban due to take effect from December.
Children and teenagers will be barred from logging in to YouTube under the incoming social media ban for under 16s after the government reversed its plan to grant the video sharing site an exemption.
Rules of how the ban will operate are set to be presented to parliament on Wednesday, including details of the types of platforms that will not be captured, such as those primarily concerned with gaming, messaging, health and education.
It comes days after Google, the parent company of YouTube, threatened legal action if the government scrapped its previously flagged exemption on the basis of the platform's educational uses.
