YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok want to wriggle out of the teen social ban. The government … – Crikey

Big tech companies publicly named as being included in the teen social media ban are taking steps to get around the law. But while the companies behind platforms like YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok are all claiming they should be exempt or are considering releasing exempt versions of their apps, the Albanese government is considering using a power that would definitively rule them in — potentially avoiding a legal battle over their inclusion. On Sunday night, the Albanese government announced that Communications Minister Anika Wells and eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant would meet with Meta, Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok this week ahead of its “social media minimum age” policy, which requires platforms to take reasonable steps to keep children under the age of 16 from having accounts on their platforms. Related Article Block Placeholder Article ID: 1224598 “Our world-leading social media minimum age laws will give children a reprieve from the persuasive pull of platforms, and those platforms must work closely with eSafety to ensure their systems comply with the law,” Wells said in the release. By Monday afternoon, a parliamentary committee considering the ban had heard that three of those companies were making plays to get out of it.  Independent.
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