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YouTube says Australia is giving into TikTok pressure over social-media ban

By Saloni Sinha ( July 28, 2025, 08:07 GMT | Insight) -- YouTube has criticized as “deeply concerning” revelations that the Australian government’s decision to include the video-sharing platform in a planned social-media ban for children aged under 16 had been influenced by legal threats from TikTok. In a statement to MLex, YouTube said that the government had previously been firm in its decision to exclude YouTube from the obligations of the 2024 Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act, passed last year. YouTube has criticized as “deeply concerning” revelations that the Australian government’s decision to include the video-sharing platform in a planned social-media ban for children aged under 16 had been influenced by legal threats from TikTok....

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