The Australia YouTube ban for children under 16 follows a similar move the country announced last year, which banned them from using Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook and Instagram, Snap Inc.’s Snapchat,

A YouTube ban for children under 16 has been announced in Australia, due to worries about exposure to harmful content and the impact of “predatory algorithms.” Beginning on December 10, minors under the age of sixteen are prohibited from using Facebook,

Australia has picked a fight with the world’s largest video platform by backtracking on an earlier promise to exclude YouTube in its social media ban for children under 16.