I don’t know whether this answers your question, but they emailed me this morning:

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Hi Nath,

We’re writing to share an important change to how under 16 year old users access YouTube in Australia. Due to a new law, users must be 16 or older to sign in to YouTube. This means that starting 10 December, users under 16 years old will be automatically signed out. This includes any supervised pre-teen and teen accounts you manage.

What this means for you:
Parental controls only work when your pre-teen or teen is signed in, so the settings you’ve chosen will no longer apply if they watch while signed out. This includes specific channels you’ve blocked and the content setting you’ve chosen.

What this means for your supervised pre-teen or teen under 16:
While they may still be able to watch YouTube signed out, they will not be able to access certain features, including likes, subscriptions, memberships, and creating playlists. For teens who have a YouTube channel, it will no longer be visible to other users, and they will lose the ability to leave comments and upload new videos.

Users are always able to download or delete their data and content they’ve created. When your pre-teen or teen turns 16, they will be able to sign in to YouTube again and reinstate their channel. You can find more detailed information about this change and what you can do in our Help Center.

Thanks, The YouTube team

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I actually have concerns with how this reads. The whole point of the family plan is to avoid ads. If the kids are forced to experience YouTube signed out, they will get ads on both videos and music. I’m certain this isn’t their intention though. At least the teenager isn’t making videos. A couple of mates are and they’re super sad. They can’t make any more videos until they turn 16 and now nobody is going to be able to see the videos they have previously made.