Google won’t reveal if it is lobbying Trump about YouTube’s inclusion in Australia’s under-16s ban

Company tells Senate inquiry ban will be ‘extremely difficult to enforce’, will have ‘unintended consequences’ and won’t make children safer

Google has told parliament that Australia’s under-16s social media ban will be “extremely difficult to enforce”, but won’t say if it is lobbying the Trump administration about YouTube’s inclusion ahead of Anthony Albanese’s US visit.

On Monday, Google and Microsoft appeared before a Senate inquiry on a range of age assurance and verification requirements being applied to social media and other aspects of the internet including search.

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