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Google pushed for YouTube exemption under social-media ban law in Australia

By Saloni Sinha ( May 6, 2025, 06:01 GMT | Insight) -- Search giant Google had argued for its video-sharing platform YouTube to be exempted from the social-media ban bill, because it does not meet the definition of a social-networking service under the legislation. In its previously unpublished submission to the government consultation on the 2024 Children (Social Media Safety) Bill, Google had warned Australia to carefully consider the “broader impacts of regulatory proposals and avoid side effects like blocking access to critical services and education.” Search giant Google had argued for its video-sharing platform YouTube to be exempted from the social-media ban bill, because it does not meet the definition of a social-networking service under the legislation....

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