Majority of Australian youth still use social media despite ban, researchers find
Despite a social media ban implemented in December, new research found that most Australian children between the ages of 12 and 15 can still access their accounts on social media platforms.
A majority of Australian children under age 16 still use social media apps despite a ban implemented in December, according to new research.
Sixty-one percent of Australian children between the ages of 12 and 15 told researchers from a prominent UK foundation and an Australian youth research agency that they can still access accounts on major platforms just as they did before the ban was put in place.
The U.K. nonprofit, the Molly Rose Foundation, is a well-known advocacy group whose mission is to fight youth suicide. Foundation officials said the polling of 1,050 children suggests the U.K. should change its Online Safety Act to prevent youth from accessing social media instead of relying on a less enforceable ban.
Source: https://therecord.media/social-media-ban-australia-research
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