A key minister in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government told the global head of YouTube the video platform would be exempt from Australia’s world first ban on social media for children, before it had consulted on which platforms would be covered.
Documents obtained under freedom of information laws by Bloomberg reveal Communications Minister Michelle Rowland responded to a letter from YouTube’s chief executive officer Neal Mohan on December 9 to “reaffirm the commitment” that the Google-owned platform would be exempt.
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Sam Buckingham-Jones is the media and marketing reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Sam on Twitter.
