Australian Senate begins debate on world-first social media ban for children under 16

The core focus of this legislation is simple: It demands that social media companies take reasonable steps to identify and remove underage users from their platforms,

Kovacic told the Senate

There is no evidence that a ban such as this, even if it was perfect, would provide a benefit to the wellbeing of young people as the underlying science linking social media to wellbeing is itself flawed.”

Andrew Przybylski, a professor of human behaviour and technology at the University of Oxford, said