David Seymour: A phone ban for kids is not a rethink of my solution for social media harm

PremiumOpinionOpinion byDavid Seymour NZ Herald·1 Aug, 2026 06:00 PM5 mins to readDavid Seymour has been the leader of the Act party since 2014.David Seymour supports a ban on smartphones for those under 16 rather than a social media ban. Photo / Getty Images

Cecilia Robinson of the lobby group “Before 16” praises Act for our “rethink” on social media harm. This in response to a speech where I suggested it might be more practical for the Government to ban smartphones for under-16s than social media. She even offered her own theories about why