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YouTube should 'fix' its unsafe content problem, Australian minister says

By Saloni Sinha ( December 4, 2025, 07:04 GMT | Insight) -- The inclusion of a warning that children would be less safe in a “logged-out” state in Google’s announcement on how YouTube will comply with Australia’s new social media restrictions for under 16s is a problem the platform should “fix,” a minister said. Addressing YouTube’s compliance announcement, following a speech at the National Press Club of Australia on Wednesday, Communications Minister Anika Wells said that it was “outright weird” that YouTube insisted that its own platform is unsafe for children who aren’t logged into an account....

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