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Andrew Brown, Zac de Silva and Grace Crivellaro

Social media ban could pull the plug on young artists

Popstar Troye Sivan has been cited as a YouTube success story that might not have happened. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

A ban on under-16s using social media could prevent budding artists forging lucrative careers, YouTube warns, with Australian creators on the platform contributing millions of dollars to the economy.

Representatives of the video-sharing website told a Senate inquiry that moves to include the platform in world-leading legislation would deny creators full-time jobs, citing mega popstar Troye Sivan as one of the site's success stories. 

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