Indonesia to Ban YouTube, TikTok, Other Social Media Apps for Children Under 16
Indonesia is the latest country to block social media, saying the apps pose "increasingly real threats" to young people. (starts March 28)

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/indonesia-social-media-ban-under-16/

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Australia Bans YouTube for Under-16s

Australia adds YouTube to its under-16 social media ban, citing youth safety concerns. The platform must now block underage accounts or face $32.5M fines. Limited access via YouTube Kids remains. Alphabet plans to fight back in court.
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Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/australia-bans-youtube-for-under-16-users/

Another excellent column by Gordon Campbell, from a couple of weeks ago, on the crusade against social media use by under-16s.

Campbell looks beyond the obvious privacy risks created by enforcing age limits, to the corporate conservative roots of the policy's Australian variant (particularly Rupert Murdoch's role in it). He mentions the way it violates teens' human rights, and limits their access to peer support;

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2505/S00025/on-the-parental-panic-over-young-kids-online.htm

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