Bans may not be best way to reduce adolescent harm online, but they are a good start

Experts say law not enough to stop children accessing harmful content online and more ‘convincing strategy is required’

Australia's social media ban for under 16s has had little impact on teenagers' scrolling habits, researchers said Thursday in one of the first evaluations of the world-leading…

Bans may not be best way to reduce adolescent harm online, but they are a good start

Australia's ban on social media for under-16s, aimed at curbing online risks, has shown limited effectiveness in reducing teenagers' usage, according to early research findings.

Six months on from Australia's under-16s social media ban taking effect, the early verdict from headlines and children themselves has been blunt: It isn't working.

It was an unrealistic pipe dream that a ban would stop all under-16s from using social media overnight, says this academic.