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“YouTube is a video sharing platform, not a social media service, that offers benefit and value to younger Australians,” a YouTube spokesperson said.
But e-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has recommended a rethink, citing research showing children were exposed to harmful content on YouTube more than any other platform.
Children are exposed to harmful content on YouTube, e-safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says. Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
“The new law will only restrict children under the age of 16 from having their own accounts – not accessing content on YouTube or any other service through links from the school or in a ‘logged-out’ state,” she told the National Press Club in June.
“I say to them that social media has a social responsibility.
A YouGov poll suggested widespread support for the ban.
“There is no doubt that young people are being impacted adversely in their mental health by some of the engagement with social media and that is why the government has acted.”
