Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback . It seems that Meta’s effort to rope YouTube into its restrictions on usage time for youngsters is not going to work, with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan dismissing the concept, noting that YouTube already has adequate protection programs in place for young users.
Last month, Meta agreed to pay more than $18 billion in combined penalties in order to settle a trial brought by a bipartisan group of attorneys general over social media harms. The company also agreed to implement new restrictions on teen social media use, including a daily two-hour usage time limit and a default block on Meta apps between midnight and 6 a.m., for users aged under 18.
Meta committed to enacting these restrictions for five years, but it also added a clause that it would extend its commitment to teen usage restrictions for 10 years, if YouTube and TikTok both also agreed to implement the same. The agreement included a financial element, which would see TikTok and YouTube also pay a part of the settlement.
But this week, at its annual Made On showcase event, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan said that YouTube will not agree to t...