Neil Mohan, CEO of YouTube, speaks at a panel for the Democracy Summit in Washington, DC on March 30, 2023.
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Mohan, the CEO of YouTube, is used to restricting the use of social media for children because they are used to restricting the use of social media for children because of the harm caused to young people by the Internet, new technologies.
In 2023, Mohan, who took the helm of YouTube’s leadership, became CEO in 2025. He: he says Magazine interview Her children’s use of media platforms is monitored and limited.
“We are limited to their YouTube and other platforms and other platforms and other platforms and other forms. On weekends we are less on weekends Tiktok Video Time Magazine on Thursday.
He notes that “everything in moderation” works best for him and his wife, and the same goes for other online services and platforms. Moha has three children: two sons and one daughter.
Experts have continued to warn about excessive use of smartphones and social media, and warnings about their harm to children and teenagers. Jonathan Hyde, NY professor and author of “The Troubled Generation,” said Children do not have smartphones Social networks are not available for children under 14 and under 16.
“Transfer to them, but remember, a smartphone isn’t really a phone. They can’t make a phone call about it, but the world can reach your children,” the world said in an interview with CNBC’s Tania Brier earlier this year.
This week, Australia was the first country to formally exist Users under the age of 16 from accessing major social media platforms. Before the passage of legislation last year, a Yougov survey 77% of Australians have identified a social media ban at around 16. However, there is a roller met with some resistance because it became law.
Mohan said even more Extended interview over time On Wednesday, he felt a “special responsibility” for young people, and that parents should pay more attention to monitoring how their children use the platform. YouTube Kids launched in 2015 as a children’s version of the Google-owned platform.
He said his goal is “for all parents” to bring their kids YouTube into their homes “in a way that works for them,” especially since all parents have other ways.
Bill Gates, Mark Cuban
A few tech bosses adopted a similar approach. Former YouTube CEO Susan WojcickiIt also banned kids from watching videos unless they used YouTube Kids. He also limited the amount of time he spent on the platform.
“I let my younger kids use YouTube kids, but I limit the amount of time they have,” Wojcicki told CNBC in 2019. I don’t think it’s a good thing at all.”
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, is among the tech titans who oppose too much screen time for young people. Now with three children, now adults, the gates have spoken openly about not giving their cell phones to their cells.
“When we were eating, we didn’t have cell phones, we didn’t give our kids cell phones until they were 14, and they didn’t get them for other kids earlier,” Gates said.
At the same time, billionaire Mark Cuban even resorted to installing Cisco routers and using a management program to control which programs their children use.