Tech giants Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, Snapchat and TikTok have urged Australia to reconsider a decision to exempt Alphabet's YouTube from its laws banning social media for children younger than 16.

Meta, TikTok, and Snapchat urge the Australian government to reconsider exempting YouTube from legislation banning social media access for children under 16. They argue that YouTube poses similar risks as other platforms,

Australia passed a law banning social media for all people under 16 years old. Now, some of those companies — namely Meta, TikTok and Snap — are not happy at one exception: YouTube. Australia has deemed YouTube as a critical education tool and is allowing use,

TikTok has lashed out at Australia’s government for excluding YouTube from a nationwide digital crackdown, setting the stage for a public battle over one of the toughest social media laws in the democratic world.

Australia's plan to exempt YouTube from a world-leading teen social media ban is "illogical" and a "mockery", rival tech giants Meta and TikTok said Wednesday.

Australia has proposed an exemption from its landmark social media ban so that children can use YouTube for school.

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Snapchat (NYSE:SNAP), and TikTok (BDNCE) have urged Australia to rethink a decision that leaves YouTube (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) out from its new social media law banning children younger than 16 years of age,