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Reacting overnight after the legislation was announced, YouTube issued a statement clarifying its position. The platform stated, "We share the government’s goal of addressing and reducing online harms." However, it distinguished itself from social media platforms traditionally associated with user-generated content and social networking. YouTube described itself primarily as a "video sharing platform" that hosts a vast library of high-quality content increasingly accessed via television screens, thereby suggesting that it may not fit neatly within the typical social media regulation framework.