{"id":40259,"date":"2025-06-24T16:06:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/should-youtube-be-included-in-australias-under-16s-social-media-ban-heres-what-you-need-to-know-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T16:06:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:06:23","slug":"should-youtube-be-included-in-australias-under-16s-social-media-ban-heres-what-you-need-to-know-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/should-youtube-be-included-in-australias-under-16s-social-media-ban-heres-what-you-need-to-know-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Should YouTube be included in Australia\u2019s under-16s social media ban? Here\u2019s what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The video platform previously had a carve out in the November draft legislation but the online safety regulator has recommended it be included in the ban<\/p>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s online safety regulator has recommended YouTube not be exempt from the under-16s social media ban, saying the video-streaming platform can expose children to harmful content.<\/p>\n<p>But YouTube has said the government should stick by its draft rules which give the platform a carve out.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/jun\/25\/should-youtube-be-included-in-australias-under-16s-social-media-ban-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video platform previously had a carve out in the November draft legislation but the online safety regulator has recommended it be included in the ban Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia\u2019s online safety regulator has recommended YouTube not be exempt from the under-16s social media ban, saying the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}