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Since Australia's under-16 social media ban took effect in December 2025, YouTube has stripped supervised accounts for under-16s here — but your kids still watch, now with nothing filtering what they see. WhitelistVideo adds a safety layer that works without a YouTube account. You choose the channels; everything else is blocked.

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YouTube Parental Controls in Australia: After the Under-16 Law

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Here's how to set up YouTube parental controls in Australia, and why the under-16 law signed kids out of YouTube's own supervision. Stick around for a better, more secure way to set it up.

Since December 2025, under-16s in Australia can't hold a YouTube account. They can still watch signed out, so parental controls now mean controlling signed-out YouTube.

Parents do it because signed-out YouTube has no supervised account behind it, and no channel blocking.

With YouTube's own tools, you need Restricted Mode in every browser and app, or YouTube Kids, which the law doesn't cover, for young children.

Open YouTube's menu, then Settings, and turn on Restricted Mode. Then repeat it in every browser and app your child uses.

Here's the catch. Restricted Mode only hides many mature videos, and YouTube says no filter is 100% accurate. It's set per browser and app, so one missed browser has none.

WhitelistVideo doesn't depend on a YouTube sign-in. Your child watches signed out, and only the channels you approve play.

When your child finds a new channel, they tap Ask Parent. You approve on your phone, and it unlocks in seconds.

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YouTube Right Now vs With Protection

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Since December 2025, under-16s can't hold YouTube accounts in Australia — YouTube's supervised experience was removed as part of eSafety-enforced compliance

Your kids still watch YouTube signed out (or on a friend's device), with nothing filtering what they see

WhitelistVideo works at the browser and device level — no YouTube account needed, no eSafety loopholes

Source: Google Blog, 'What's changing for under 16s and parents on YouTube in Australia' · eSafety Commissioner, 'Social media age limits'

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WhitelistVideo adds a safety layer to YouTube. You pick the safe channels — signed in or signed out, it doesn't matter. No YouTube account needed.

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3 Steps

Set Up in Under 5 Minutes

1

Install on Their Device

Chrome extension for desktop/Chromebook, or the iOS child app. 60 seconds.

1 min
2

Approve Channels

Open the Parent Dashboard. Search channels, approve the safe ones. Block everything else.

2 min
3

Kids Watch Safely

Only approved content plays. Requests go to your WhatsApp, Telegram, or app. Manage everything from chat.

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FAQ

Questions from Australian Parents

Yes. YouTube was added to the list of age-restricted social media services under the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 after the mid-2025 policy reversal, and enforcement began in December 2025. Under-16s in Australia cannot hold a personal YouTube account. YouTube Kids remains exempt because eSafety classifies it as a children's service, not a social media platform.

Under-16s cannot create or keep a personal YouTube account in Australia. YouTube must take 'reasonable steps' to prevent under-16 sign-ups, and the eSafety Commissioner can fine platforms up to AUD 49.5 million for systemic non-compliance. Signed-out YouTube in the browser is still accessible to anyone — which is where a channel-level tool like WhitelistVideo does the work YouTube's account system no longer does.

Yes — and that's the whole point post-ban. WhitelistVideo controls access at the browser and device level, not the account level. It works whether your child is signed in, signed out, or has no YouTube account at all (which under-16s in Australia now don't).

Yes. WhitelistVideo is a parental control tool — not a social media platform — so it sits outside the scope of the under-16 age-restriction obligations that apply to YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and others. It's exactly the kind of device-level control eSafety recommends parents pair with the platform bans.

Not without your credentials. On Windows and Mac, the desktop installer locks the extension with administrator-only browser policy and blocks Incognito, Guest mode and new profiles. On iPhone and iPad, it runs on Apple Screen Time access tied to your Apple Account, with a parent PIN. On Android, Family Link blocks the YouTube apps and every browser except Chrome. On a Chromebook, you are alerted by email if the extension is removed, and a school Admin console or a Google Workspace subscription (about US $5 per month; check Google's pricing for your region) makes it un-removable. And because we don't rely on YouTube's account features, a VPN or a signed-out browser session won't defeat it.

Shorts are blocked by default across every device — desktop, Chromebook, iOS and Android — with a dashboard toggle if you ever want to allow them. This is the single most-asked-for feature from Australian parents, given how much of the pre-ban complaint about YouTube centred on Shorts.

Yes. There's a dedicated iOS child app on the App Store, plus an Android child app on Google Play and an Android TV / Google TV app for lounge-room screens. The same whitelist syncs across every device.

Only if the school allows it. Most Australian state and Catholic school Chromebooks are locked to the school's Google Workspace tenancy, which blocks extension installs. For home devices — the child's laptop, the family Chromebook, their phone — WhitelistVideo installs normally and covers YouTube completely.

Plans are priced per child, so you pay only for the children you protect. Premium is — for your first month (regular —/mo per child), and every account starts with a free 2-hour test period, no credit card needed. Cancel anytime.

Yes. It's a parental control tool, not a social media account, so the under-16 age restriction doesn't apply. Fully compliant with Australian Privacy Principles, the Online Safety Act, COPPA (US) and GDPR (EU).

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