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YouTube to be exempt from Australia social media ban, Bloomberg reports

Australian Communications Minister Michelle Rowland gave a personal guarantee to the global head of YouTube (GOOGL) that the platform would be exempt from the country’s social media ban for under-16s, Angus Whitley of Bloomberg reports, according to documents obtained under the freedom-of-information laws. The platform’s exclusion has angered rivals including Meta Platforms (META) and Snapchat-operator Snap (SNAP).

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