“It was never going to work,” says former Victoria police officer of 27 years, Susan McLean, of Australia’s social media ban for under-16s.
The ban came into effect last December and meant 10 major social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube, had to take “reasonable steps” to stop under-16s from using their platforms – or face large fines.
Yet a study from Australia’s eSafety Commissioner found there’d been little drop in social media use among teens three months after the ban took effect, while an observational study from the Read Entire Article
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