PremiumOpinionOpinion byJonathan AylingColumnist·NZ Herald·26 Aug, 2026 05:00 PM5 mins to readJonathan Ayling is a strategy consultant and professional director. When it comes to a proposed social media ban for under-16s, internet platforms such as Instagram do not need to know who the youngster is, just that they are over 16, Jonathan Ayling writes. National and Labour have committed to passing legislation prohibiting under-16s from accessing social media.I have already written about why prohibition of this kind is unlikely to achieve very much.
But whatever the merits of the policy, enforcing it raises another question: how do we establish
