I think it can be justified for governments to ban social media use for minors under a certain age, especially when the goal is to protect children’s mental health and wellbeing in an environment that platforms have shown they can’t responsibly manage on their own.

Yes, i think Australia’s under-16 social media ban should be seen as a necessary protection for children, as it prioritizes young people’s mental health and safety over the interests of powerful tech platforms that have repeatedly failed to regulate harmful content.

Yes,it potentially could, though the impact depends a lot on how the ban is designed and what replaces it.

Does Australia’s social media ban address real harms, or distract from deeper problems in regulating AI and tech power?