Top social media firms ask Australia to not exempt YouTube from new law for kids under 16

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), 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, Reuters reported Tuesday.

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