{"id":40265,"date":"2025-06-24T22:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:04:45","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-8\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T22:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:04:45","slug":"should-youtube-be-included-in-australias-under-16s-social-media-ban-heres-what-you-need-to-know-8","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-8\/","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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2025\/jun\/25\/australia-news-live-richard-marles-nato-israel-iran-trump-anthony-albanese-lattouf-abc-labor-coalition-ntwnfb\">Australia news live: latest politics updates<\/a><\/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 Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia\u2019s online safety regulator has recommended YouTube not be exempt from 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-40265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40265","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=40265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}