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Tess Ikonomou and Grace Crivellaro

UNBELIEVABLE: Kids expected to be on social media after ban kicks in - Caught on Camera

YouTube has reluctantly agreed to comply with Australia's under-16s social media ban. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

YouTube has been labelled "outright weird" by the federal government for warning a teen social media ban won't protect kids from harm on its platform. 

A week out from Australia's world-leading ban coming into effect, the video-sharing behemoth begrudgingly confirmed it would comply with the laws in a "disappointing update", with under-16s still able to keep watching content in a signed-out state.

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