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Australian eSafety commissioner and YouTube spar

By Byron Kaye

Jun 25 2025 5:50AM

Over expansion of under-16s social media ban.

Australian eSafety commissioner and YouTube spar

Australia's internet watchdog and YouTube exchanged barbs after the regulator urged the government to reverse a planned exemption for the Alphabet-owned video-sharing platform from its world-first teen social media ban. The quarrel adds an element of uncertainty to the December rollout of a law ...

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