According to a Pew Research poll, 56 percent of American adults support banning social media for anyone under 16. A majority support it across almost every demographic — Democrats, Republicans, parents, non-parents — except among those over 65, where 49 percent of respondents agreed, but just 19 percent opposed a ban. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/across_demographic_and_partisan_groups_support_for_an_under-16_social_media_ban_exceeds_opposition.png?quality=90&strip=all]

Six-in-10 U.S. adults support banning the use of social media for children under age 16, while only 1-in-5 oppose such a ban, the study shows.

A large-scale survey has shown that most Americans would support a ban social media use by children under the age...