YouTube announced it will soon be rolling out a new age estimation tool powered by AI to identify teen users. The tool will determine a user’s age based on the types of videos they’ve watched, the categories of those videos and how long the user has had their YouTube account,

YouTube is launching a new test in the U.S. they’re using AI to estimate a user’s age—no longer just relying on birthdays signed in the profile.

Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the Alphabet-owned video-sharing site and potentially setting up a legal challenge.

YouTube will be included in Australia's social media ban for children under 16, as reported by Bloomberg. The country's Labor government said that the site will be subject to the same rules as other leading platforms like Facebook,

Last year the Australian government introduced plans to ban children under the age of 16 from using social media - but it's now been announced this will also include YouTube.