Faculty and staff should be aware that students and employees under the age of 18 with university-issued Google Workspace for Education accounts are subject to specific restrictions. These include limited access to services such as YouTube, Google Play, Google Photos, Google Maps, and Google Earth.
For instance, users under 18 cannot create or interact with YouTube content, access certain features in Google Play, or share photos in Google Photos. Additionally, they are automatically enrolled in SafeSearch, restricting explicit content in Google Search results.
In addition, all third-party applications, such as Mac Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird, various drive utilities, and many others, are blocked for under-18 users according to our agreement with Google. Applications provided by Google, such as the Gmail app for IOS and Android, are allowed, so we suggest using these in the meantime. Some services, like Notebook LM, Search Labs, and Search Generative Experience, are entirely inaccessible to under-18 users. For a more detailed list of the services affected, please refer to Google's article on access to Google services by age.