{"id":21063,"date":"2025-12-03T08:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/youtube-says-it-will-comply-with-australias-under-16s-social-media-ban-with-lemon8-to-also-restrict-access\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T08:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:37:14","slug":"youtube-says-it-will-comply-with-australias-under-16s-social-media-ban-with-lemon8-to-also-restrict-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/youtube-says-it-will-comply-with-australias-under-16s-social-media-ban-with-lemon8-to-also-restrict-access\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube says it will comply with Australia\u2019s under-16s social media ban, with Lemon8 to also restrict access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s under-16s social media ban might take weeks to work but all platforms are on notice, government says<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2025\/dec\/03\/australia-news-live-bruce-lehrmann-defamation-appeal-brittany-higgins-lisa-wilkinson-network-ten-senate-estimates-social-media-ban-esafety-commissioner-albanese-sussan-ley-labor-coalition-nsw-vic-qld-ntwnfb\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>YouTube will comply with the federal government\u2019s under-16s social media ban, but its parent company Google has warned the laws \u201cwon\u2019t keep teens safer online\u201d and \u201cfundamentally misunderstands\u201d how children use the internet.<\/p>\n<p>But the communications minister, Anika Wells, said YouTube had a responsibility to keep its platform safe, calling its warnings \u201coutright weird\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/dec\/02\/australian-children-moving-to-new-social-app-lemon8-but-owner-expected-to-restrict-users-to-over-16s\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9f43182007e673e609edcb1bb4decb5dd3b1577a\/498_0_3486_2788\/master\/3486.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4b850b77617ef67bd5503fe571380c58\" title=\"YouTube says it will comply with Australia\u2019s under-16s social media ban, with Lemon8 to also restrict access\" \/>Australia\u2019s under-16s social media ban might take weeks to work but all platforms are on notice, government says<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>YouTube will comply with the federal government\u2019s under-16s social media ban, but its parent company Google has warned the laws \u201cwon\u2019t keep teens safer online\u201d and \u201cfundamentally misunderstands\u201d how children use the internet.<br \/>\nBut the communications minister, Anika Wells, said YouTube had a responsibility to keep its platform safe, calling its warnings \u201coutright weird\u201d. 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